The power of words drives change at the Sydney Writers'Festival

The power of words drives change at the Sydney Writers'Festival

Sydney Writers'Festival opens at Carriageworks with a call to find new ways of storytelling.

  • byLinda Morris

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New ways of storytelling needed to challenge unfairness

New ways of storytelling needed to challenge unfairness

Sydney Writers'Festival opens with call to fight conventional power.

  • byLinda Morris
Russia helped Brexit says Boris Johnson's author dad

Russia helped Brexit says Boris Johnson's author dad

British author finds intrigue close to home.

  • byLinda Morris
Stories of ancestral memory storm NSW Premier's Literary Awards

Stories of ancestral memory storm NSW Premier's Literary Awards

Two virtuoso novels,each exploring the shadows of history,have swept the NSW Premier's Literary Awards.

  • byLinda Morris
Weird requests put to punk poet Eileen Myles

Weird requests put to punk poet Eileen Myles

Writing a memoir about her relationship with a dog has prompted some bizarre book dedications,author Eileen Myles says.

  • byLinda Morris
Sydney Writers'Festival highlights

Sydney Writers'Festival highlights

The Sydney Writer's Festival opens Tuesday. Here's a taste of what to see.

  • byLinda Morris
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Call Me By Your Name writer Andre Aciman on the wine of life

Call Me By Your Name writer Andre Aciman on the wine of life

Andre Aciman found himself thrust unexpectedly into the role of agony aunt after the film adaptation of his novel Call Me By Your Name was released last year.

  • byMelanie Kembrey
Books That Changed Me:Sharlene Teo

Books That Changed Me:Sharlene Teo

Sharlene Teo rereads James Salter's beautiful Light Years to see how poetic and transcendent a novel can be.

Home is where the smells are

Home is where the smells are

Though I didn't think much of it at the time,my mother was right about the smells. It is well documented that our senses can cause an involuntary flooding of memory.

  • bySofija Stefanovic
Growing Up Aboriginal in Australia review:The trials,tribulations - and pride

Growing Up Aboriginal in Australia review:The trials,tribulations - and pride

This book provides a diverse snapshot of Aboriginal Australia from a much-needed Aboriginal perspective.

  • byAndrea James
Populism Now! review:David McKnight makes a case for a change in direction

Populism Now! review:David McKnight makes a case for a change in direction

Populism Now! builds a strong case against the dominant economic policies of the past three decades,drawing heavily on recent journalism and reports.

  • byDennis Altman