Ali Cobby Eckermann always wanted to be a writer. Now she’s received the highest accolade in the NSW Premier’s Literary Awards for the second time.
Now in its 28th year,the prize is given to an Australian writer of fiction aged 35 or under.
Miles Franklin winner Shankari Chandran has an agenda in her new book Safe Haven,as our desire not to see has only been strengthened.
The former LA Times crime writer turned bestselling author has written 38 novels,some of which are now movies and TV series. He’s in Australia this month.
Our reviewers cast their eyes over recent fiction and non-fiction releases,including historical fiction,a ripping yarn about the Labor Party and MasterChef inaugural winner Julie Goodwin’s memoir.
The novelist’s account of the brutal attack on him and how he survived is moving,ghastly and full of self-scrutiny.
Often ranked with Anton Chekhov,John Cheever and a handful of others,Munro achieved stature rare for an art form traditionally placed beneath the novel.
Are there two cameras,one for speeding and one for lights? Or just one camera? Voiced messages lack the punctuation to eliminate the doubt.
Journalist Daniel de Visé tells the story of the classic comedy starring Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi.
American writer Celeste Ng’s first two novels were realist domestic fiction,but her third was a more political creation.
The latest literature genre is a blend of romance and fantasy,and it’s proving to be a bestselling phenomenon.