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Caroline Overington has twice won Australia’s most prestigious award for journalism, the Walkley Award for Investigative Journalism; she has also won the Sir Keith Murdoch award for Journalistic Excellence; and the richest prize for business writing, the Blake Dawson Prize. She writes thrillers for HarperCollins, and she’s the author of Last Woman Hanged, which won the Davitt Award for True Crime Writing.

Caroline Overington

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1950-2024Nation

EMBARGO FOR TWAM 18 SEP 2021 FEE APPLIESJohn Marsden Pic Julian Kingma

‘Tomorrow’ author John Marsden dies aged 74

The Tomorrow, When the War Began author paved the way for more recent fantasy blockbusters, such as The Hunger Games.

Caroline Overington

ObituaryBooks

Award winning novelist Brenda Walker was killed in a horrific incident at Kings Park on Wednesday. Picture: Supplied

Feted writer killed in car accident

Brenda Walker came from a family of storytellers, including her brother, Don Walker, who wrote classics for Cold Chisel, and her mother, Shirley Walker, who wrote novels.

Caroline Overington

Business class reviewTravel

Cathay Pacific business class on the Airbus A350.

Wait, you don’t get pyjamas on this $7000 night flight?

This international flight leaves at 10.20pm. Perfect for sleeping but you’ll have to slumber in your suit. Is that good enough when you are paying a motza for a seat?

Caroline Overington

PuzzlesReview

27/11/24: Jeff Northam author of "Braindrops" - a series of illustrated cartoon puzzle books. John Feder/The Australian.

The perfect way to keep your kids off screens

Jeff Northam’s puzzle books will keep your kids entertained, but don’t be surprised if you get addicted.

Caroline Overington

REVIEWReview

Tasmanian author Katherine Johnson, the winner of The Australian Fiction Prize for her novel set on Maria Island off TasmaniaÃs east coast.photographed near her home at Hinsby Beach in the Hobart suburb of Taroona.03/12/2024photo - Peter Mathew

A Wild Heart wins The Australian Fiction Prize

Katherine Johnson’s tale of a spirited young woman in the wilderness of Tasmania has triumphed over top quality competition to take out the inaugural The Australian Fiction Prize.

Caroline Overington

The Australian Fiction PrizeBooks

A Wild Heart wins The Australian Fiction Prize

Katherine Johnson grew up dodging bindi-eyes in the backyard of her family’s old Queenslander. Like so many kids in the 1970s, she almost always had a book under her arm.

Caroline Overington

DEATH OF AN ICONNation

Maggie Tabberer: the definition of Australian style and elegance

She was positively regal. Tall, strong and beautiful, she was given to calling everyone ‘darling’. Kind and gracious, she was the nation’s first supermodel but went on to a stellar career in publishing and fashion design.

Caroline Overington

ObituaryNation

A flotilla of boats carrying friends and neighbours accompanied Susan Duncan on her final journey back to the mainland.

Final journey for adored pillar of Pittwater

A flotilla of boats accompanied writer Susan Duncan on her final journey from her water-access-only home to the mainland north of Sydney.

Caroline Overington

SHORTLISTReview

Meet the finalists for The Australian Fiction Prize

The first ever fiction prize sponsored by The Australian and HarperCollins Australia has attracted a talented field. Each and every one of these writers deserve their place on the shortlist.

Caroline Overington

Booker Prize 2024Books

The notice on Goodreads preventing readers from posting reviews of the 2024 Booker Prize winner, Orbital.

One-star-review ‘hackers’ swamp Booker winner

Readers can’t rate the winner of the 2024 Booker Prize because of concerns raised about a flood of geopolitical one-star reviews.

Caroline Overington

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