Spare a thought for the authors who don’t look like their publishers in the middle-class literary world.
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.
Andrew O’Hagan’s latest novel is a sprawling bit of social realism that exposes the inner workings of a society.
This year’s Melbourne Writers Festival unleashes the spirits of characters past and stories still to be told … here’s a taste of what’s to come.
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.
Fiction judges said they had chosen novels that were both fresh and wise. “Their stories and characters stayed with us,long after the pages were closed”
Ziggy Ramo’s raw hip-hop made a lot of Australians uncomfortable. He expects his book to do the same.
Myfanwy Jones’ Cool Waters is a smooth read,thanks to its finely polished prose and a seamless structure.
Uncertainty surrounding the Melbourne Writers Festival has revived talk of merging it with the Wheeler Centre and State Library Victoria.
Author Tony Birch reviews a deeply philosophical book by Pascoe and his partner Lyn Harwood about their personal growth and the need to live humbly with the land.
Bri Lee’s debut is easy to mock,but it certainly isn’t a boring read.