Non-Fiction

Book review: Say Everything, Ione Skye
A memoir of a tumultuous Gen X icon growing up in California among musicians and artists.

Book review: The Surgeon of Royaumont, Susan Neuhaus
Shining a light on Australian female doctors in WWI.

Book review: Proto: How One Ancient Language Went Global, Laura Spinney
An exploration of how hundreds of languages share a single ancient ancestor.

Live & Local returns in Sydney Writers' Festival 2025
Highlights of the 28th edition of the Live & Local program.

Book review: Bloomer, Carol Lefevre
A thoughtful, inspiring and gentle examination of the concept of ageing, seen through the eyes of a woman who loves…

Book review: Everything is Tuberculosis, John Green
The author of 'The Fault in our Stars' looks at one of the deadliest diseases in the world in his…

Book review: Human/Nature, Jane Rawson
Deep insights into the present and penetrating pointers to a better future.

Book review: Unsettled, Kate Grenville
Kate Grenville faces a reckoning regarding her family's relationship with colonialism.

Book review: Someone Like Me, Clem Bastow and Jo Case (editors)
An anthology of 25 non-fiction pieces by Autistic writers.

Book review: What's the Big Idea?, Anna Chang and Alice Grundy (editors)
This book realistically grapples with the problems of the day and offers potential solutions.