Fiction
Celebrating local stories through place-based programming
Running from 1-4 June 2023, the NT Writers Festival offers the perfect reason for a mid-winter getaway to Alice Springs.
Killing it in Australian publishing
Ann Cleeves and Garry Disher feature at the Huon Valley's Terror Australis Readers and Writers Festival, with panels, writer retreats,…
Book review: Children of Tomorrow, JR Burgmann
A debut novel about the far reaches of climate change.
Book review: Higher Education, Kira McPherson
A quiet coming-of-age campus novel set in Perth.
Book review: Girl in a Pink Dress, Kylie Needham
A thoughtful debut on love and art.
Book review: The Anniversary, Stephanie Bishop
All at sea: an anniversary on a cruise ship leads to traumatic circumstances.
Book review: Birnam Wood, Eleanor Catton
What happens when a gardening guerrilla group becomes entangled with a billionaire?
Book review: Clytemnestra, Constanza Casati
An unforgettable feminist reimagining of a mythologically-maligned Spartan queen.
Small presses shine in Stella shortlist
Six ‘culture shifting’ books have been shortlisted for the $60,000 Stella Prize, which recognises the best books by Australian women.
Book review: The Invisible, Peter Papathanasiou
Some momentum is lost to digressive detail in this otherwise entertaining tale.