The investigative reporter pulls back the curtain on crime,the media and policing in her compelling first novel,Pheasants Nest.
Sixteen years after The Boat,his barnstorming book of short stories,Nam Le has surprised publishers and readers alike with a book of poems.
The deputy chairman of the Melbourne Writers Festival has quit over what he says is “historically untrue and deeply offensive” material in this year’s program.
Ellen van Neerven’s latest work blends poetry,autobiographical writing,interview,history and sporting advice.
Anam is a search for a way to honour the author’s grandfather’s story
Inspired by his grandfather’s stories,Robbie Arnott’s Limberlost has won the prize for fiction. Kim Mahood has won the non-fiction award for her essay collection,Wandering with Intent.
In her memoir,Everything and Nothing,acclaimed Australian actor Heather Mitchell looks to the past to shine light on the present.
Prize-winning author Bernardine Evaristo has 30 minutes to spare,but plenty of advice for life and writing:work hard and don’t stay in your lane,because why would you want to write only from your own demographic?
With the Melbourne Writers Festival kicking off next week,here are some of the events that should not be missed.
On her way to Australia,the woman behind #TheCookies and #ThePasta explains how she survived a social media storm.
The self-deprecatory way the debonair actor writes about himself makes it seem as if he’s deliberately set out to dismantle his screen persona.