‘Time is money’:How can you avoid burnout when we’re all on the clock?

‘Time is money’:How can you avoid burnout when we’re all on the clock?

Jenny Odell’s book Saving Time suggests that doing nothing is,for those who can afford it,an act of rebellion.

  • byKurt Johnson

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The Sri Lankan author who uses books for a ‘note of hope’ to his country

The Sri Lankan author who uses books for a ‘note of hope’ to his country

The Sri Lankan Booker Prize winner remains optimistic that there is the chance of redemption for his characters and for his country.

  • byStephanie Bunbury
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
If you got swept up in The Dictionary of Lost Words,you’ll love this follow-up

If you got swept up in The Dictionary of Lost Words,you’ll love this follow-up

It is difficult to overstate just how persuasive a storyteller Pip Williams is after reading The Bookbinder of Jericho.

  • byDoug Battersby
Pulitzer and Booker prize winners headline Sydney Writers’ Festival

Pulitzer and Booker prize winners headline Sydney Writers’ Festival

Ann Mossop has assembled a diverse range of guests for her first writers’ festival.

  • byJason Steger
Melbourne Writers Festival date change upsets publishers,other festivals

Melbourne Writers Festival date change upsets publishers,other festivals

Melbourne Writers Festival will now take place in May and other writers festivals and several publishers are not happy.

  • byJason Steger
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New artistic director appointed for Sydney Writers’ Festival

New artistic director appointed for Sydney Writers’ Festival

One of Ann Mossop’s first big challenges is to attract audiences back in numbers after two years of pandemic impacted events.

  • byJason Steger
The May 7 edition
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The May 7 edition

‘Sick with anxiety’:life after the Northern Rivers floods;the Hong Kong locals fleeing Chinese crackdowns;Hamish Blake on handling tricky conversations.

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The ‘other virus’ playing havoc with major Australian festivals

The ‘other virus’ playing havoc with major Australian festivals

Event organisers are dealing with both COVID chaos and a rise in lethargy as ticket sales remain “patchy” across the industry.

  • byMeg Watson
Hop aboard the Canberra carousel in lobbyland
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Hop aboard the Canberra carousel in lobbyland

The lobbyists are hopping aboard the Canberra merry-go-round,ponying up to the new PM and friends.

  • byHelen Pitt andNoel Towell
‘I wish I was exaggerating but I am not’:The hidden toll of teaching

‘I wish I was exaggerating but I am not’:The hidden toll of teaching

There will be another training session about punctuation and calculating percentages,but what about the skills that aren’t quantifiable?

  • byYumna Kassab