Book Week is in full swing, marking it’s 80th year celebrating all things reading and literacy for Australia’s schoolchildren. The theme for the week, which runs from Saturday 16 to Saturday 23... Read more »
A novel written by a prominent book industry figure in which persecuted gay man Alan Turing has sex with a woman and fathers a child has been criticised online for its portrayal... Read more »
Helen Garner has praised Dua Lipa as a “serious and sensitive” interviewer after the British superstar added Garner’s nonfiction book This House of Grief to her monthly book club. Garner’s 2014 courtroom... Read more »
When Siang Lu found out he’d won the Miles Franklin literary award, he had a physical reaction. “I was in such shock that I lost all feeling in my hands and legs,”... Read more »
Netflix has announced an adaptation of the Australian classic My Brilliant Career, the much-loved novel by Miles Franklin. The new show, which is now filming around South Australia, stars The Newsreader actor... Read more »
More than a decade after attracting international acclaim for his debut The Boat, Nam Le has won book of the year at the NSW Literary awards for his follow-up, a book-length poem... Read more »
‘No consent’: Australian authors ‘livid’ that Meta may have used their books to train AI Mar 25 2025 Australian authors say they are “livid” and feel violated that their work was included... Read more »
The Australian bestselling children’s author Aaron Blabey has signed an eight-figure deal with the UK, US and Australian arms of Macmillan. The publisher announced the deal on Wednesday, contracting the actor turned... Read more »
A heartwarming children’s story describing the lives of a First Nations family living on a Lutheran mission in the 50s has won Australia’s richest literary prize. Nukgal Wurra author-artist Wanda Gibson collected... Read more »