A rich focus on the past in fiction

A rich focus on the past in fiction

The historical novel gets its day in the spotlight thanks to a new $50,000 prize.

  • byJason Steger

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Bookmarks:In praise of your local bookshop

Bookmarks:In praise of your local bookshop

Bookshops get their turn for a bit of love.

  • byJason Steger
Bookmarks:No anarchy at these awards

Bookmarks:No anarchy at these awards

A joke from a poet got canned in Queensland

  • byJason Steger
Bookmarks:Surf's up for Serong and the Great Ocean Quarterly

Bookmarks:Surf's up for Serong and the Great Ocean Quarterly

Jock Serong is wearing both his author's hat and his editor's hat.

  • byJason Steger
Bookmarks:The dastardly new writing prize

Bookmarks:The dastardly new writing prize

If you're an unpublished crime writer you shouldn't be deterred from entering a new crime-writing award.

  • byJason Steger
Bookmarks:Driving Ms Harrower - to Adelaide

Bookmarks:Driving Ms Harrower - to Adelaide

Getting Elizabeth Harrower to Adelaide for a return visit to writers'week in 2017 was a memorable experience.

  • byJason Steger
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All the presidents'books aren't this slow in appearing

All the presidents'books aren't this slow in appearing

Barack Obama has the finishing line in sight,but will he get there?

  • byJason Steger
World's top publishers run out of patience with the'pirates'

World's top publishers run out of patience with the'pirates'

Publishers in the US have taken legal action against what they describe as online piracy.

  • byJason Steger
When COVID closures hit bookshops,it was good customer service that mattered

When COVID closures hit bookshops,it was good customer service that mattered

As bookshops emerge into the light of a changed world,the question is how did they survive?

  • byJason Steger
Bookmarks:Another Pulitzer for American novelist Colson Whitehead

Bookmarks:Another Pulitzer for American novelist Colson Whitehead

The American novelist is only the fourth writer to win the Pulitzer for fiction on two occasions.

  • byJason Steger
Why delay? Booker Prize holds off having a virtual presentation

Why delay? Booker Prize holds off having a virtual presentation

The Stella and Vogel made the most of their virtual award ceremonies,but the International Booker is taking a different approach.

  • byJason Steger