Literature
Richard Flanagan knocks back $100k literature prize over sponsor’s fossil fuel links
Flanagan was awarded the Baillie Gifford Prize for his latest book at a ceremony in London.
- by Lachlan Abbott
Latest
The sex lives of elves and fairies? Welcome to the world of ‘romantasy’
This popular book genre is taking readers into magical worlds and earning the authors millions of dollars.
- by Georgie Gordon
This book fed my teenage dreams but 30 years on, I see something else
<i>The Razor’s Edge</i> seemed sophisticated and mystical in that summer before year 12. Now I realise that only the men got what they wanted.
- by Simmone Howell
Opinion
Celebrity life
Celebrities must stop writing children’s books immediately
Even before Jamie Oliver released (and then retracted) his controversial children’s book, the industry was overcrowded by cynical celebrities cashing in.
- by Thomas Mitchell
When it comes to the Booker, winning isn’t the only prize
The Booker bump is real, and sales of Stone Yard Devotional have rocketed.
- by Jason Steger
Samantha Harvey wins 2024 Booker Prize
The world’s most influential prize for a single work of fiction has been announced in London this morning. Australian Charlotte Wood was among six authors shortlisted, but an English author took out the award.
- by Kerrie O'Brien
A celebration of Steven Spielberg’s storytelling and his ‘human touch’
This handsome coffee-table book about the “iconic” director is well-written and accessible, if not entirely substantial.
- by Tom Ryan
A celebration of epic journeys that only exist in fiction
This collection of literary journeys based on real places is both travel companion and time machine.
- by Jane Sullivan
How did an army of thousands disappear? A new historical novel has a theory
British author Minette Walters on her new historical novel The Players, and why she always has strong female characters in her books.
- by Jane Sullivan
‘Significant oversight’: Where Jamie Oliver’s children’s book went wrong
The celebrity chef’s second children’s book includes a sub-plot set in Alice Springs where the novel’s villain abducts a First Nations girl living in foster care.
- by Nell Geraets
Jamie Oliver withdraws children’s book after criticism from Indigenous Australians
Oliver, 49, said he was devastated to have caused offence and apologised wholeheartedly.
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