Writing and Publishing

Failure and frustration spawn success for Prime Minister’s Literary Awards winners
Six books including a debut novel and a debut poetry collection have each received $80,000 in this year’s Prime Minister’s…

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Book review: A Sorceress Comes to Call, T Kingfisher
A clever interpretation of a sinister fairy tale that examines the human side of terrifying magic.Â

Victorian Premier's Literary Awards has a new humour writing prize
Writer-satirist John Clarke is the inspiration for a new award category at the Victorian Premier's Literary Awards.

Book review: Madame Brussels, Barbara Minchinton
A biographical insight into one of early Melbourne's most successful businesswomen.

5 ways to spot and avoid vanity publishers
How to avoid a publisher that profits not from selling books, but from asking authors to pay for publishing expenses.

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Book review: The Temperature, Katerina Gibson
Six characters whose lives intersect in a novel that takes the pulse of the times.

Book review: Woo Woo, Ella Baxter
An unsettling book about art and creativity ... and being stalked.

Book review: Pig City, Andrew Stafford
A reprint to mark its 20th birthday, this book is still relevant.