At last,the historical focus is on Truganini

At last,the historical focus is on Truganini

Cassandra Pybus’ portrait of Truganini renders her as a ‘‘living,breathing woman’’ free of metaphors of tragedy and extermination.

  • byMark McKenna

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The writer's life:belly dancing to make a living

The writer's life:belly dancing to make a living

Belly dancing,palmistry,teaching,design,modelling,waitressing and law are among the activities Australian writers undertake to supplement their book earnings.

  • byPatti Miller
Timely Medicine:One doctor's piercing look at our system of healthcare

Timely Medicine:One doctor's piercing look at our system of healthcare

Karen Hitchcock's essays lift the veil on health system,including how the annual flu vaccine is put together,and why sometimes it doesn’t seem to work.

  • byAstrid Edwards
Almost Midnight:Sydney Writers'Festival clocks world crisis

Almost Midnight:Sydney Writers'Festival clocks world crisis

This year's Sydney Writers'Festival clocks mankind's creeping advance towards crisis.

  • byLinda Morris
Cash prize sweetens win for top young novelists

Cash prize sweetens win for top young novelists

A $10,000 pool of prize money is available for the first time for the winner and finalists of the prestigious SMH Best Young Australian Novelists award.

  • byJosh Dye
Thought poetry was dead? The'Instapoets'raking it in online would beg to differ

Thought poetry was dead? The'Instapoets'raking it in online would beg to differ

Millennial wordsmiths sending their pop verse viral on Instagram are making a motza – and proving poetry’s demise has been greatly exaggerated.

  • byHelen Pitt
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'Lies'pay off for the Sydney Writers'Festival

'Lies'pay off for the Sydney Writers'Festival

The Sydney Writers'Festival recorded ticket sales of more than $1.2 million and its third-highest number of paid attendances in the organisation's history.

  • byLinda Morris
'A spell came over them,like magic':The art of writing for kids

'A spell came over them,like magic':The art of writing for kids

Featured at the Sydney Writers'Festival,Megan McDonald says it took 10 years of perfecting her art before coming up with her signature character,Judy Moody.

  • bySarah Keoghan
The Herald names four writers as its Best Young Australian novelists

The Herald names four writers as its Best Young Australian novelists

All four writers have shown a desire to be experimental in their books.

  • byJason Steger
Four writers chosen as the Herald's best young Australian novelists

Four writers chosen as the Herald's best young Australian novelists

The books chosen for The Sydney Morning Herald's awards are both playful and original.

  • byJason Steger
Delightfully perceptive tale of human fragility and friendship

Delightfully perceptive tale of human fragility and friendship

In her first novel,Australian author Melanie Cheng writes with an unaffected wisdom born of her other career as a doctor.

  • byMichael McGirr