Literature
Miles Franklin Award makes history with 2025 winner, Siang Lu
The winner of the coveted $60,000 literary prize was blown away to make the longlist. Winning it has left him lost for words.
- Kerrie O'Brien
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The shady side of storytelling: Why we fall for literary hoaxes
The dark secret of publishing is that the fakes and frauds we know about are only the ones that have been uncovered and publicised.
- Simon Caterson
This author visited one of the world’s most dangerous countries for research
A self-described “weird little freak” this emergency physician and author makes sense of the world through writing.
- Kerrie O'Brien
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- Review
Book Reviews
What’s good, what’s bad, and what’s in between in literature this year? Here we review the latest titles.
The 300-year-old sex manual for sale at the Melbourne Book Fair
An annotated version of what is believed to be the world’s first sex manual written in English is on display – and on sale – at the Melbourne Book Fair.
- Jane Sullivan
Forget scholars – this guide to filmmaking goes straight to the sources
Film critic and academic Adrian Martin’s new book allows filmmakers to speak for themselves in ways that open up connections between them that might never be apparent from their work.
- Tom Ryan
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The River: Chris Hammer, crime writer, returns to the source
The author of Scrublands is among Australia’s top crime writers. But his fiction may never have emerged without his early non-fiction. And a jolt from the man who would become the celebrated master of crime novels, Peter Temple.
- Tony Wright
- Opinion
- Opinion
Young men have stopped reading books – and these are the reasons why
New data shows just 10 per cent of young men read books these days. And an industry that likes to play it safe isn’t helping matters.
- Brandon Jack
Nick Cave draws a crowd – but the queues aren’t to listen to his music this time
The Australian singer has given shoppers at a small store in England an unexpected insight into his creative life.
- David Crowe
Thirty books we’ll be talking about for the rest of 2025
Clear your shelves. Here’s the fiction and non-fiction you can look forward to reading for the rest of the year.
- Melanie Kembrey
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