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A stellar debut, a late-in-life romance, a no-nonsense cookbook and plenty more in this week’s wrap of news from the book world.
A stellar debut, a late-in-life romance, a no-nonsense cookbook and plenty more in this week’s wrap of news from the book world.
Writer Masha Gessen, who in July was sentenced, in absentia, to eight years in a Russian jail after accusing Russian forces of war crimes, has been unable to board a plane to Australia to speak at the Festival of Dangerous Ideas.
Books about famine, starvation, sex, graft and politics make the shortlists for the 2024 Prime Minister’s Literary Awards.
This remote location in Scotland’s inner Hebrides offers visitors the chance to fulfil a pilgrimage to the home of Laphroaig on one of the world’s best distillery tours. Just don’t forget your coat.
Alexis Wright, Charlotte Wood, the death of Ray Lawler, and more in our weekly wrap of the book world.
Pamela Pardoe can barely remember posing for an unforgettable image that 60 years later ended up on the cover of The Weekend Australian Magazine.
Alexis Wright has now won both the Miles Franklin Literary Award, and the Stella Prize, both of which are named for Stella Miles Franklin, twice.
The Australian Fiction Prize: your questions answered. Plus, Jewish book week, and a famous son returns to Sydney
The Australian Fiction Prize, sponsored by HarperCollins, is the newest, most exciting prize on the literary calendar
A bunny, a puppy, and an office printer feature in our list of Notable Books to read this week.
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