Sydney author guilty of child abuse after book, Daddy’s Little Toy, depicted adult role-playing as toddler | New South Wales

Sydney author guilty of child abuse after book, Daddy’s Little Toy, depicted adult role-playing as toddler | New South Wales

A Christian author behind an “undeniably offensive” toddler-roleplaying novel could face time behind bars after the book was found to contain child abuse material. Lauren Ashley Mastrosa, 34, wrote Daddy’s Little Toy... Read more »
Sydney author’s erotica novel references ‘sexual stuff’ with a child, police officer tells court | New South Wales

Sydney author’s erotica novel references ‘sexual stuff’ with a child, police officer tells court | New South Wales

A book written by a Christian charity marketing executive contained references to “sexual stuff” with a young child, the police officer tasked with reading the novel has said. Lauren Ashley Mastrosa, 34,... Read more »
‘We want our stories to be told’: NSW Labor pledges .2m to support writing and literature amid AI onslaught | New South Wales politics

‘We want our stories to be told’: NSW Labor pledges $3.2m to support writing and literature amid AI onslaught | New South Wales politics

It is a sector that delivers $1.3bn annually to the New South Wales economy and supports up to 22,000 jobs, yet the average writer earns just $18,200 a year from their creative... Read more »
Sonny Boy by Al Pacino audiobook review – from the South Bronx to Hollywood | Autobiography and memoir

Sonny Boy by Al Pacino audiobook review – from the South Bronx to Hollywood | Autobiography and memoir

The title of Al Pacino’s memoir comes from the nickname given to him by his mother when he was growing up. His parents divorced when he was two, after which he and... Read more »
We Do Not Part by Han Kang review – a harrowing journey into South Korea’s bloody history | Fiction in translation

We Do Not Part by Han Kang review – a harrowing journey into South Korea’s bloody history | Fiction in translation

When Han Kang published her International Booker-winning The Vegetarian (2015), translated by Deborah Smith, about a South Korean housewife who gives up meat and wants to become a tree, the novel slotted... Read more »
Han Kang’s books sell out as South Korea celebrates her Nobel prize in literature

Han Kang’s books sell out as South Korea celebrates her Nobel prize in literature

Book News: Han Kang’s books sell out as South Korea celebrates her Nobel prize in literature BookBrowse News –... Read more »
Sydney author’s erotica novel references ‘sexual stuff’ with a child, police officer tells court | New South Wales

Han Kang’s books sell out as South Korea celebrates her Nobel prize in literature | Han Kang

Queues of customers spilled out of South Korea’s bookshops yesterday and online stores crashed as readers tried to get their hands on the work of the new Nobel prize winner, Han Kang.... Read more »
‘We want our stories to be told’: NSW Labor pledges .2m to support writing and literature amid AI onslaught | New South Wales politics

Kristi Noem defends killing dog: ‘Cricket had shown aggressive behavior’ | South Dakota

Kristi Noem, the South Dakota governor and Republican vice-presidential hopeful, on Sunday again defended killing a family dog and goat on her farm, two days after the Guardian revealed how she describes... Read more »
South Africa: Living in a Future Way Ahead of Our Time

South Africa: Living in a Future Way Ahead of Our Time

The human capacity for oxymoronic optimism will literally take your breath away if you’re among the millions living downwind from the dumps. Actual repair is messy, difficult, and expensive. It’s inherently incomplete... Read more »
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