Why it’s not OK you forgot the calendar’s best day
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Why it’s not OK you forgot the calendar’s best day

I had hoped you’d notice. The stage was set. But you missed it.

  • byChris Harrison

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This impressive biography positively transformed my opinion of Tanya Plibersek

This impressive biography positively transformed my opinion of Tanya Plibersek

Confronted with the inevitability of Margaret Simons’ book,the Labor figure co-operated with a cool generosity.

  • byJonathan Green
Melbourne bookshops like Readings and Paperback Bookshop are part of the city’s culture
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Melbourne bookshops like Readings and Paperback Bookshop are part of the city’s culture

Online book sales are cheap and convenient,but a reader loses out on all the valuable things a bookshop offers. Icons such as Hill of Content,Readings and Paperback Bookshop prove this every week.

  • byChristopher Bantick
‘Dizzying fever dream’:The end of this sex-charged novel is spectacular

‘Dizzying fever dream’:The end of this sex-charged novel is spectacular

Viola Di Grado’s Blue Hunger mixes carnal lasciviousness and tenderness in its tale of a young woman embarking on a feverish love affair in Shanghai.

  • byJessie Tu
‘Filthy,feckless men’:Sebastian Barry confronts the evil stain on Ireland’s soul

‘Filthy,feckless men’:Sebastian Barry confronts the evil stain on Ireland’s soul

The past comes calling at the home of a retired detective in the Booker shortlisted author’s latest novel,Old God’s Time.

  • byJason Steger
Acclaimed author Pip Williams returns to the lost world of her bestselling debut

Acclaimed author Pip Williams returns to the lost world of her bestselling debut

The Dictionary of Lost Words won prizes galore and was a Reese Witherspoon book club pick. Now it’s time for the anticipated follow-up.

  • byJason Steger
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It’s sold 12 million copies. Now The Tattooist of Auschwitz is coming to TV
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It’s sold 12 million copies. Now The Tattooist of Auschwitz is coming to TV

The bestselling novel The Tattooist of Auschwitz is coming to the screen. And the woman adapting it expects controversy to follow.

  • byKarl Quinn
Pulitzer and Booker prize winners headline Sydney Writers’ Festival

Pulitzer and Booker prize winners headline Sydney Writers’ Festival

Ann Mossop has assembled a diverse range of guests for her first writers’ festival.

  • byJason Steger
How Australian publishers are being silenced by fear

How Australian publishers are being silenced by fear

“We have fewer and fewer publishers and we have poorer and poorer books as a result,” says publishing veteran Hilary McPhee.

  • byJane Sullivan
Adelaide Writers’ Week withdrawals caused a Streisand effect
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Adelaide Writers’ Week withdrawals caused a Streisand effect

If the Palestinian voices speaking in Adelaide had not been amplified,they would have had an audience of hundreds. Instead,multitudes have been introduced to their opinions and experiences.

  • byJon Faine
This dazzling book about a priest fighting Nazis will keep you reading all night

This dazzling book about a priest fighting Nazis will keep you reading all night

It’s hard not to be swept up by My Father’s House,Joseph O’Connor’s mesmerising story set in Rome during the German occupation.

  • byPeter Craven