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Novelist Rebecca Makkai on The Great Believers

It was time to tell the long-neglected story of the impact of AIDS in Chicago.

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Casey Legler:I swam for every chance to get wasted

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Lie to Me:vampire slayer inspires Sydney Writers'Festival

Lie to Me:vampire slayer inspires Sydney Writers'Festival

The Sydney Writers'Festival has announced this year's international and Australian line up of writers and commentators.

  • byLinda Morris
An insider's view on modern media disruption

An insider's view on modern media disruption

The former executive editor of The New York Times attempts to chronicle the recent evolution of the modern news model

  • byPeter Fray
The Year of the Beast review:Steven Carroll ends his Glenroy novels

The Year of the Beast review:Steven Carroll ends his Glenroy novels

The final in Steven Carroll's suite of Glenroy novels is actually a prequel,the first in the series,and ironically not set in Glenroy.

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Tell Me I'm Okay review:David Bradford's life of work in the AIDS epidemic

Tell Me I'm Okay review:David Bradford's life of work in the AIDS epidemic

Much of this measured and moving memoir is concerned with the patients David Bradford cared for during the AIDS epidemic.

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Why I'm uneasy about this chapter in the #MeToo revolution
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Why I'm uneasy about this chapter in the #MeToo revolution

If the bookshops were to rid their shelves of every work written by misogynistic men,Australia’s recycling crisis would get a whole lot worse.

  • byJulie Szego
Junot Díaz steps down as Pulitzer chairman amid misconduct review

Junot Díaz steps down as Pulitzer chairman amid misconduct review

Writer Zinzi Clemmons confronted the American novelist at the Sydney Writers Festival,asking him why he had treated her the way he had six years earlier.

Sydney Writers'Festival wrap:Writer tired of secrets

Sydney Writers'Festival wrap:Writer tired of secrets

American writer Zinzi Clemmons was asked why she had gone public with her claims of sexual harassment against the Pulitzer Prize-winner Junot Díaz.

  • byLinda Morris&Helen Pitt
Allegations of abusive behaviour force Junot Diaz to cancel Australian tour

Allegations of abusive behaviour force Junot Diaz to cancel Australian tour

The award-winning American author has withdrawn from the Sydney Writers Festival following accusations he forcibly kissed Zinzi Clemmons.

  • byAndrew Taylor
The new wave:emerging female writers push the boundaries

The new wave:emerging female writers push the boundaries

There's college student Peach whose stomach is rapidly expanding,primary school best friends Lucy and Francine who experiment sexually together and copywriter Mara who is haunted by memories of her first period while making an advertising campaign for sanitary pads

  • byMelanie Kembrey