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Stephen Romei writes on books and films. He was formerly literary editor at The Australian and The Weekend Australian.

In the dying days of World War II, a remarkable airborne operation took place over Nazi-occupied Holland.

Ross Fitzgerald

Andy Griffiths and Terry Denton were the toast of last night’s Australian Book Industry Awards in Sydney.

Norwegian author Asne Seierstad says the hardest part of writing a book about Anders Breivik was his victims and their families.

Not much survives in the post-apocalyptic world of Emily St John Mandel’s novel Station Eleven, but Shakespeare does.

Vulnerable children are at the heart of the novels shortlisted for this year’s $60,000 Miles Franklin Literary Award.

The uncanny strangeness of death has not stopped philosophers from studying it.

Damon Young

Paul Feig’s Spy is an entertaining Hollywood action comedy but the main attraction is Australian: the dazzling Rose Byrne.

Ahead of the Sydney Writers Festival, a leading critic considers the books that cause him pain — and why he is grateful for them.

Mark Mordue

Four new young-adult novels delve into theft and its unlikely bedfellows of conscience and compassion.

young adult fiction: joy lawn

As the announcement of the Miles Franklin shortlist looms, it’s worth revisiting the “sausagefest” brouhaha.

a pair of ragged claws: stephen romei