After a troubled year,former volunteer takes reins of Melbourne Writers Festival

After a troubled year,former volunteer takes reins of Melbourne Writers Festival

Veronica Sullivan,most recently head of programming at the Wheeler Centre,sees the recent wave of personnel change as an opportunity for a fresh start.

  • byJason Steger

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‘Not well received’ at Harvard,these two writers maintain the rage

‘Not well received’ at Harvard,these two writers maintain the rage

Writer Tony Birch reflects on how Miles Franklin Award-winner Kim Scott has intrigued and inspired him.

  • byJane Gleeson-White
Part mystery,part hostage thriller,this is our fiction pick of the week

Part mystery,part hostage thriller,this is our fiction pick of the week

Our reviewers assess recent fiction and non-fiction publications.

  • byCameron Woodhead andFiona Capp
Laura Tingle on John Howard and the corrosion of Australia’s national debate

Laura Tingle on John Howard and the corrosion of Australia’s national debate

The ABC journalist says we can’t blame Trump or social media for the quality – or lack of – in our national debate.

  • byKerrie O'Brien
Paul Murray (sort of) discusses his novel’s controversial ending

Paul Murray (sort of) discusses his novel’s controversial ending

The Booker Prize-shortlisted author talks climate change,writing teenage characters and Judy Blume.

  • byKylie Northover
The 13 must-see events at this year’s Melbourne Writers Festival

The 13 must-see events at this year’s Melbourne Writers Festival

With the Melbourne Writers Festival kicking off today,here are some of the events that should not be missed.

  • byJason Steger
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Upstart writers festival aiming to take Melbourne’s mantle
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Upstart writers festival aiming to take Melbourne’s mantle

This week’s Melbourne Writers Festival will hope to capture the same success as the Sorrento Writers Festival held last month.

  • byStephen Brook
Our safe,white scene has rules if you want to be a ‘multicultural’ writer

Our safe,white scene has rules if you want to be a ‘multicultural’ writer

Spare a thought for the authors who don’t look like their publishers in the middle-class literary world.

  • byAmra Pajalic
His book was rejected 13 times,now it’s a hit TV show

His book was rejected 13 times,now it’s a hit TV show

Viet Thanh Nguyen’s novel The Sympathizer won him a Pulitzer Prize and employs cinematic tropes,but that doesn’t stop him being a fierce critic of the Hollywood machine.

  • byKurt Johnson
A scathing portrait of London,a society steeped in corruption

A scathing portrait of London,a society steeped in corruption

Andrew O’Hagan’s latest novel is a sprawling bit of social realism that exposes the inner workings of a society.

  • byJames Ley
Long before ghosting,there were ghosts - at least that’s what the stories said

Long before ghosting,there were ghosts - at least that’s what the stories said

This year’s Melbourne Writers Festival unleashes the spirits of characters past and stories still to be told … here’s a taste of what’s to come.