Writing and Publishing
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.
This week's arts news and trending topics
We report it – you read it. This week's top arts news stories.
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.
Book review: The Wedding Forecast, Nina Kenwood
A romcom that celebrates friendship as much as romantic love.
Book review: Diving, Falling, Kylie Mirmohamadi
Grief, betrayal and taking back your own life is at the core of this debut novel.
Book review: My Brother's Ashes are in a Sandwich Bag, Michelle Brasier
A memoir that covers life and death, humour and heartache.