Fiction
Winners of 2022 Prime Minister’s Literary Awards announced
Writers across six categories took home $80,000 each, with a focus on stories of war.
Book review: The Furphy Anthology 2022
The winning, shortlisted and commended stories from the Furphy Literary Award gathered in a collection.
Book review: Her Death Was Also Water, Allen C Jones
This end-of-the-world novel is more than just an adventure story.
Is a writing career a viable option in Australia?
Funding cuts and the need for a living wage for writers figure strongly in the discussion about the future of…
Book review: Clarke, Holly Throsby
A work of crime fiction that spends as much time developing its characters as it does with progressing the plot.
Book review: Berani, Michelle Kadarusman
A heart-warming tale of bravery in Borneo.
Writing doesn’t deliver a living wage says new Australia Council report
An Australian author’s average income is just $18,200 a year according to a new Australia Council survey.
To amplify diverse voices
A specialised bookstore advocates for books written by authors of colour to take up more space on our shelves.
Book review: Strike the Zither, Joan He
A feminist reworking of a classic Chinese story about found family, rivals and identity.
Book review: Murder in Williamstown, Kerry Greenwood
The latest instalment in the Miss Fisher series offers more of the same high jinks from the plucky and ever-stylish…