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Writers, I’m on your side – now here’s my list of complaints
Even as a forgiving reader, I have my quibbles.
- Richard Glover
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Sky News’ favourite college opens Cardinal George Pell hall
Campion College, a small institution in western Sydney, is a safe space for conservatives.
- Kishor Napier-Raman, Stephen Brook and Liam Mannix
Good food, good craic as bestselling author Marian Keyes gets real
Lunch with Marian Keyes is a revelation; sex, alcoholism, life and death. Nothing is off the table.
- Margot Saville
Sixteen years ago, Nam Le’s debut won a major literary prize. His follow-up has done it again
Australian-Vietnamese writer Nam Le has taken out book of the year at the 2025 NSW Literary Awards for a poetry collection he fought to get published.
- Linda Morris
How a Japanese book about a woman who murders her lovers became a global phenomenon
Met with a muted reception in her native Japan, Asako Yuzuki’s Butter won fanfare around the world.
- Thomas Mitchell
Torrey Peters went off-grid and came back speaking lumberjack
And she doesn’t just talk the talk. Peters can walk the walk, or in this case, fell the trees.
- Melanie Kembrey
‘I went slightly nuts’: How a TV horror binge inspired this bestselling time-travel novel
A lockdown TV binge prompted author Kaliane Bradley to dig into polar exploration. Now the novel that came of it is being turned into its own series.
- Jason Steger
‘Disagreement is not harm’: Sydney Writers’ Festival reveals program after sudden resignation
Weeks after festival chair Kathy Shand resigned citing concerns about the range of opinions programmed, the 2025 line-up has been revealed.
- Linda Morris
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- Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Festival head quits as Middle East debate continues to split art world
The Sydney Writers’ Festival program is due to be announced in weeks but its chair Kathy Shand, who is Jewish, has sent her resignation to board members.
- Paul Sakkal and Linda Morris
What price starting a culture war? For Laura Tingle it was just $600
The ABC stalwart’s comments at the Sydney Writers’ Festival kicked off a culture-war meltdown. In monetary terms it probably wasn’t worth the hassle.
- Kishor Napier-Raman and Stephen Brook
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