Author and journalist Kate Wild.

A masterclass in fiction and a vivid exploration of race:The Age Book of the Year winners

This year’s two winners have been announced at the opening of the Melbourne Writers Festival.

  • Kylie Northover

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Geraldine Brooks:from the Herald’s racing desk to winning the Pulitzer Prize.

‘You may find me chained to a tree’:Geraldine Brooks reveals her next act

From the Herald’s racing desk to fleeing Saddam Hussein and losing the love of her life,Brooks has led an extraordinary life.

  • Peter FitzSimons
“I was under the poverty level,” Martel says of the time when he was writing Life of Pi. “It didn’t matter because I was working on this book that I loved.”

The unexpected thing Booker winner Yann Martel was doing while writing two books

Canadian author Yann Martel on writing his breakthrough novel Life of Pi,why he hates Trump – and dealing with “a tidal wave of money”.

  • Benjamin Law
David Szalay,who won the 2025 Booker Prize for his novel Flesh,is accused of taking the story from Stanley Kubrick’s 1975 film Barry Lyndon.

Booker Prize winner accused of copying classic Stanley Kubrick film

The judges said they had “never read anything quite like it” – but others say the award-winning novel Flesh bears similarities with the 1975 film Barry Lyndon.

  • Tom McArdle

From courtrooms to distant spacecraft:The Age Book of the Year shortlists announced

These are the books vying for this year’s The Age Book of the Year awards.

  • Kylie Northover

Brisbane Writers Festival handed literary awards after intervention saga

After leaving significant questions over the future of the Queensland Literary Awards earlier this month,Arts Minister John-Paul Langbroek has revealed their new home.

  • Matt Dennien
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The March 21 edition

Stephanie Alexander and The Cook’s Companion at 30| Free-diver Ant Williams| Debra Adelaide and Gabrielle Carey| How to deliver a baby on a plane

Queensland Natural Resources and Mines,Manufacturing and Regional and Rural Development Minister Dale Last,his director-general Graham Fraine,Solicitor-General Gim Del Villar KC,and Federal Court Chief Justice Debra Mortimer.

A ministerial direction,a court warning,and a cloud over native title

This week in our Queensland public sector column,Public Circus:native title questions swirl,(Red) Union boss’ board gig,slow progress on police integrity,and more.

  • Matt Dennien andJames Hall
David Szalay:“I feel writing’s good for my mental health,but maybe I’m just deluding myself.”

Life,death and the Booker Prize:The author of Flesh answers our tricky questions

Canadian-born,Hungarian-British author David Szalay,on achievements,power shifts – and that memorable first chapter of his Booker Prize-winning novel,Flesh.

  • Benjamin Law
Shaun Drummond,then acting Queensland Health director general while on leave from Deloitte,pictured leaving the state’s Commission of Inquiry into Forensic DNA Testing in Queensland in 2022.

Former health boss’s firm wraps up consulting gig in old digs – for now

This week in our Queensland public sector column,Public Circus:extra cash for Metro North’s key consultants,(at least one) Education pay rise,question time bubbly,and more.

  • Matt Dennien,James Hall andCameron Atfield