Literature
Is trauma the only story we know how to tell? Diana Reid thinks twice
In her new novel, the Australian author takes aim at our cultural obsession with trauma.
- Melanie Kembrey
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Could this be the best science story of 2025?
Put it this way: if I said “Peter Pan tadpole” would you like to know more?
- David Astle
Sydney erotica author charged over alleged child abuse material back in court
The 33-year-old has learnt the outcome of her bid to have her identity suppressed.
- Kerrie O'Brien
‘Book brigade’: Town forms human chain to deliver thousands of titles, one by one, to new home
Who needs removalists to move and reorganise almost 10,000 books when you have hundreds of willing neighbours?
Australians can ‘get lit’ in the true sense in this book lovers’ crawl
Book crawls – visiting multiple bookshops in one day – have been growing in popularity and now Australia has joined The Global Book Crawl.
- Jane Sullivan
First cast members for Harry Potter TV series finally announced
The much-anticipated HBO series will dedicate a season to each of J.K. Rowling’s books.
- Kerrie O'Brien
Kerry Greenwood had two burning ambitions in life. She achieved them both
The sharp mind and kind heart behind the long-running Miss Fisher series died late last month. Here, Kerry Greenwood’s partner of 40 years pays tribute to the famous author.
- David Greagg
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‘If you need cancer to tell you how to live, there’s something wrong with you’
Irish writer Colm Tóibín on surviving cancer and US politics, overcoming a childhood stammer – and the indecency of looking too much in the mirror.
- Benjamin Law
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What’s a Rum’un? How this new AFL mascot got its name
Meet a monster with meaning in every snarl.
- David Astle
‘I went slightly nuts’: How a TV horror binge inspired this bestselling time-travel novel
A lockdown TV binge prompted author Kaliane Bradley to dig into polar exploration. Now the novel that came of it is being turned into its own series.
- Jason Steger
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