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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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Historic line-upBooks

White-out: Women of colour dominate shortlist for literature prize

The judges of the prestigious Stella Prize have announced a ‘consequential’ shortlist, featuring only writers who are women of colour.

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ObituaryArts

Author Kerry Greenwood at Footscray Library with her new book. October 17th 2018. Picture: Ellen Smith

Author of the Miss Fisher Murder Mysteries dies aged 70

Kerry Greenwood, the writer who created the famous Miss Phryne Fisher, a female sleuth with a pearl-handled pistol, has died.

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Come writers and criticsReview

Monday 9th September 2024. The Australian. Andrew Krakouer, former footballer, and Jacqueline Dinan, former foster carer have written a book about children whose parents are incarcerated based on the figures of Indigenous numbers.Photograph by Arsineh Houspian.

AFL hero, father and author

On the death of Andrew Krakouer, and your feedback on writers’ festivals, in our weekly column by literary editor Caroline Overington

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copyrightBooks

Fleur McDonald Picture: Chelsea Templeton

Writers seek government help in legal battle with Meta

Meta says it doesn’t have to ask permission or pay writers for sampling their works to train AI. They disagree.

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InquirerInquirer

27/3/25: Oliver Freeman has written a book about marriage. He's been married three times! He says he has a bit to contribute on the topic. John Feder/The Australian.

Letting it all hang out: A bloke’s guide to love and intimacy

Oliver Freeman, a man with three marriages and seven children, had a ‘rather long adolescence’ before making the link between his affairs and the collapse of his relationships. His book reflects on his life in a way he hopes ‘other men find useful’.

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INQUIRERInquirer

Blanche D'Alpuget Portrait Photo- John McRae

‘It’s research’: Why Blanche d’Alpuget engaged a male sex worker

It has been quite the road for Blanche d’Alpuget to get her new book – rejected by Australia’s ‘big five’ publishing houses for being too ‘racy’ – on the shelves.

Caroline Overington

Sydney SwansAFL

Sydney's Nick Blakey celebrates kicking a goal with fans during the AFL Opening Round match between the Sydney Swans and Hawthorn Hawks at the SCG on March 7, 2025. Photo by Phil Hillyard (Image Supplied for Editorial Use only - **NO ON SALES** - Â©Phil Hillyard )

Loud music is the least of our problems at the Swans

Loud music annoys the fans at the SCG? Maybe, but not as much as losing week after week.

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The Australian Fiction PrizeArts

New chapter for budding novelists

Is this your new chapter? The Australian Fiction Prize 2025 is now open for entries.

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Sydney Writers’ FestivalNation

Sydney Writer's Festival Portrait Shoot with Brooke Webb & Ann Mossop at Gleebooks, Glebe - Friday 21st February, 2025Photographer: Belinda Rolland Â© 2025

Writers’ festival has ‘no tolerance for racism or bigotry’

Sydney Writers’ Festival artistic director Ann Mossop says the program is aimed at readers, not activists.

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reviewReview

Entries are open for The Australian Fiction Prize

Entries are now open for the $35,000 The Australian Fiction Prize 2025 – sign up now.

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