Henry Marsh has prised tumours from brains for more than 40 years as a leading neurosurgeon and still has no idea how that mass gives rise to consciousness,thought and feeling.
Pulitzer prize-winning writer Colson Whitehead says he was scrupulous about the historical detail in his new novel.
Michael Sala's second novel is sensitively rendered with a fine eye for emotional and physical detail.
The reading influences on Krissy Kneen range from Ray Bradbury to Anais Nin.
If Bill Haye's Insomniac City were just a book about a love affair between two literary men - himself and Oliver Sacks - 30 years apart in age it would be riches enough,but it is so much more.
Persistence will be a theme of her upcoming talks in Sydney and Melbourne.
The comedic mind behind television political satires Veep and The Thick Of It has ruled ou new seasons,saying he is reluctant to return to parody the inner workings of government when politicians have so convincingly stolen his best lines.
Ruth Quibell's book is a quiet work of art that offers intimate observations about those ordinary"things"of life that matter so much.
Robert Dessaix's latest witty and philosophical offering springs from observing that people are increasingly anxious about how they spend their time.
You don't have to have been awarded a gigantic international literary prize to make a winning acceptance speech.
One woman's journey of discovery took her back to the very place she wanted to escape from.