The Indigenous writer has won the $60,000 award for her acclaimed novel,Praiseworthy,making her the first to win the prize twice.
It’s not all good vibrations,as our reviewers reveal in this week’s pick of fiction and non-fiction releases.
The latest book by David Nicholls is a celebration of the rare connection that can lift people out of seemingly intractable isolation.
This month brings lyrics from Kazuo Ishiguro,a Miles Franklin winner’s latest novel,the return of Miranda July,a surprise sequel from Colm Toibin and spacey stories from Ceridwen Dovey.
Viet Thanh Nguyen’s novel The Sympathizer won him a Pulitzer Prize and employs cinematic tropes,but that doesn’t stop him being a fierce critic of the Hollywood machine.
Some of Australia’s highest profile writers,including a dual Miles Franklin winner,have announced they will no longer work with the library.
Tana French’s The Hunter brings back the Chicago detective who has taken refuge in the west of Ireland.
Anne Buist’s experience as a perinatal psychiatrist informs the novel she has written with Graeme Simsion.
Steven Carroll’s latest novel represents a shift in genre after his prize-winning books about T.S. Eliot.
Andrew O’Hagan’s latest novel is a sprawling bit of social realism that exposes the inner workings of a society.
Rebel Wilson’s book will finally be published in Australia,but the chapter about Sacha Baron Cohen will be missing.