Fiction
Second consecutive poetry win for 2023 Stella Prize
Editor, critic and poet Sarah Holland-Batt has taken out the 2023 Stella Prize for a tender but unflinching collection on…
Book review: Fed to Red Birds, Rijn Collins
A novel about the strangeness of beauty and morbidity of obsession.
Book review: Home Before Night, JP Pomare
This original thriller begs to be devoured in a single sitting.
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?