Helen Garner says the State Library of Victoria has been turned into “party central” and a plan to cut jobs and focus on digital projects will “bring disgrace on the name of... Read more »
On the street, in a huge line, undeterred by rain, they gathered to pass books. Bibliophiles, builders from nearby construction sites, kids with their parents, all stood for hundreds of metres along... Read more »
Around 300 people gathered outside Melbourne’s oldest bookshop, Hill of Content, to help it move to its new location just 130 metres down the road. The store first opening in 1922 and... Read more »
The deputy chair of the Melbourne writers festival, Leslie Reti, has resigned over a poetry session on Aboriginal and Palestinian solidarity in this year’s program. The festival’s artistic director, Michaela McGuire, has... Read more »