Louise Milligan’s pivot from investigative journalist to fiction writer

Louise Milligan’s pivot from investigative journalist to fiction writer

The investigative reporter pulls back the curtain on crime,the media and policing in her compelling first novel,Pheasants Nest.

  • byKerrie O'Brien

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Nam Le returns with poetry,but the question is:Where’s his novel?

Nam Le returns with poetry,but the question is:Where’s his novel?

Sixteen years after The Boat,his barnstorming book of short stories,Nam Le has surprised publishers and readers alike with a book of poems.

  • byJason Steger
Gaza conflict engulfs Melbourne Writers Festival as leaders quit over program row

Gaza conflict engulfs Melbourne Writers Festival as leaders quit over program row

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.

  • byChip Le Grand
Playing the game of life on a field that is never level

Playing the game of life on a field that is never level

Ellen van Neerven’s latest work blends poetry,autobiographical writing,interview,history and sporting advice.

  • byDeclan Fry
Andre Dao’s novel is a rigorous and generous search for the past

Andre Dao’s novel is a rigorous and generous search for the past

Anam is a search for a way to honour the author’s grandfather’s story

  • byLeah Jing McIntosh
‘He has produced a gem’:An ode to humble Australians wins The Age Book of the Year

‘He has produced a gem’:An ode to humble Australians wins The Age Book of the Year

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.

  • byJason Steger
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Candid,intimate and sometimes shocking:Heather Mitchell tells her story

Candid,intimate and sometimes shocking:Heather Mitchell tells her story

In her memoir,Everything and Nothing,acclaimed Australian actor Heather Mitchell looks to the past to shine light on the present.

  • byElizabeth Flux
Why winning a Booker didn’t make this author feel she’d reached the top

Why winning a Booker didn’t make this author feel she’d reached the top

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?

  • byStephanie Bunbury
The 10 must-see events at this year’s Melbourne Writers Festival

The 10 must-see events at this year’s Melbourne Writers Festival

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

  • byElizabeth Flux andJason Steger
Hide away? Cancelled foodie Alison Roman had a better idea

Hide away? Cancelled foodie Alison Roman had a better idea

On her way to Australia,the woman behind #TheCookies and #ThePasta explains how she survived a social media storm.

  • byKylie Northover
Sam Neill’s ‘accidental’ memoir is a real charmer – just like the man himself

Sam Neill’s ‘accidental’ memoir is a real charmer – just like the man himself

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.

  • byTom Ryan