The Instagram sensation who’s rewriting art history without the men

The Instagram sensation who’s rewriting art history without the men

With her online following,podcast and bestselling book,Katy Hessel has become an art-world superstar. But she’s not without her critics.

  • byGabriella Coslovich

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A gripping and twisty psychological thriller set at a divorce ranch for women

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Michael Ondaatje’s ‘little fragments’ that lead to prize-winning work

Michael Ondaatje’s ‘little fragments’ that lead to prize-winning work

The award-winning novelist says he’s writing only poetry at the moment and his new collection has an ‘elegiac tone’.

  • byJP O'Malley
Why won’t Melbourne Writers Festival allow live questions any more?

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In an unusual move,the Melbourne Writers Festival won’t allow the audience to stand up and ask questions at its sessions – and some festivalgoers are breathing a sigh of relief.

  • byJane Sullivan
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The rejection letters Toni Morrison sent to aspiring writers

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Exodus leaves Melbourne Writers Festival searching for next chapter

Exodus leaves Melbourne Writers Festival searching for next chapter

Uncertainty surrounding the Melbourne Writers Festival has revived talk of merging it with the Wheeler Centre and State Library Victoria.

  • byChip Le Grand
Exploring decades of literary friendship:Joyce Carol Oates’ Letters to a Biographer

Exploring decades of literary friendship:Joyce Carol Oates’ Letters to a Biographer

Joyce Carol Oates has written more than 70 books. Her latest is a selection of letters that eventually led to her correspondent writing her biography.

  • byJP O'Malley
This festival nurtured a generation of talent. Now it’s on life support

This festival nurtured a generation of talent. Now it’s on life support

For two decades the National Young Writers’ Festival has been a crucible for Australian literary talent,but its future is now in doubt.

  • byNell Geraets
Rebel Wilson’s controversial memoir delayed amid legal drama

Rebel Wilson’s controversial memoir delayed amid legal drama

The actor’s controversial memoir has been held back by publishers in Australia and the United Kingdom.

  • byJason Steger
April books:The attack on Salman Rushdie and rejigging Huck Finn

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The book industry is in full swing anticipating cooler weather and more time to read.

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