Literature
The controversy that revealed how AI has become a red rag to a bull for many authors
National Novel Writing Month, better known as NaNoWriMo, has become mired in controversy over its stance on AI.
- by Jane Sullivan
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Ten new books we’re excited to read in October
Christmas always comes slightly early for book lovers.
- by Melanie Kembrey
Can Tim Winton’s new book save us? With six grandkids, he had to try
The acclaimed author’s 500-page novel is something of a departure – a cli-fi thriller set 200 years from now.
- by Jane Sullivan
For a whole year, I didn’t write a single sentence: Matt Haig
The author of the phenomenally successful 2020 novel The Midnight Library had intended to give up writing - until he faced up to his past.
- by Kylie Northover
Exclusive
Spectrum
The perfect man does exist, says Dolly Alderton. He’s just a bit hard to find
The rock-star author reckons she now knows what Millennial women want … just don’t call her “the voice of her generation”.
- by Kylie Northover
In praise of Edna O’Brien, the woman who changed the Irish book world
Reading the Irish novelist’s first book, The Country Girls, was an eye-opener for many readers around the world.
- by Jane Sullivan
Sally Rooney’s new book is out in a few days. So, is it any good?
Like her previous novels, Intermezzo is a very straight, very white, very middle-class and unproductively hyped love story. But something’s different this time.
- by Beejay Silcox
After a troubled year, former volunteer takes reins of Melbourne Writers Festival
Veronica Sullivan, most recently head of programming at the Wheeler Centre, sees the recent wave of personnel change as an opportunity for a fresh start.
- by Jason Steger
When art and politics collide: The battles tearing our cultural bodies apart
Sackings, boycotts, sponsorship withdrawals: arts organisations across the country are in turmoil. So who has the right to say what?
- by Kerrie O'Brien
Opinion
The Age
My Age letters keep getting rejected. Don’t people realise I’m Erudite of Aireys Inlet?
I’ve been studying the most successful letter writers from across Victoria and I think I’ve cracked the code. For a start, live near a large body of water.
- by Megan Stoyles
PM’s Literary Award brings 48 hours’ relief from poet’s life of self-doubt
Amy Crutchfield has won the $80,000 poetry prize for her first book, but she’s not letting it go to her head.
- by Jason Steger
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