February
Sydney Writers’ Festival ex-chair breaks silence on resignation
Kathy Shand says she was not aware of any plot to remove her from the Sydney author talkfest’s board, although sources said her pro-Israel views had left her “isolated”.
Sydney Writers’ Festival chair quits as culture war spreads
The proxy war being fought in Australia’s arts community over the Israel-Palestine conflict has claimed another high-profile representative.
April 2024
This writer packs a lot into her weekends and still finds time to work
Lauren Groff is an athlete, a mother, a best-selling writer and she’s taking on the censors in her home state of Florida. She describes her typical Saturday and Sunday.
The man who cracked Japan’s crime gangs is back for a sequel
Jake Adelstein’s Tokyo Vice exposed Japan’s yakuza. Now he’s out of police protection and releasing a new book.
June 2020
The future of Australia's arts festivals
With this year's cultural calendar wiped, the country's biggest arts festivals are looking to 2021. But can they return in their current forms, if at all?
May 2019
Fatima Bhutto on Sri Lanka, radical Islam, and Frank Ocean
The estranged daughter of Pakistan's most powerful political family says her country's experience with terrorism has revealed to her its political nature.
'The Wife' author Meg Wolitzer on MeToo, the Oscars and Tim Tams
Meg Wolitzer's novel 'The Wife' was turned into a movie that nearly won Glenn Close an academy award and now she will be working with Nicole Kidman.