This book comes highly recommended – but can you focus long enough to read it?

This book comes highly recommended – but can you focus long enough to read it?

Johann Hari’s latest book tackles the question of why our powers of concentration are weakening.

  • byJenna Price

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Too much irony? Julian Barnes’ style evokes an exasperated sigh

Too much irony? Julian Barnes’ style evokes an exasperated sigh

The novelist’s new book pays tribute to his intimidating friend Anita Brookner,citing her intellect,poise,fascination and oddness.

  • byHelen Elliott
Two novels that look at Australia with fresh eyes

Two novels that look at Australia with fresh eyes

Yumna Kassab and Rhett Davis’ novels are very different from each other,but both have things to say about Australia today.

  • byJames Ley
Can they change your mind? Sydney Writers’ Festival reveals bold line-up

Can they change your mind? Sydney Writers’ Festival reveals bold line-up

Damon Galgut,Hanya Yanagihara and Sarah Winman are among the international authors appearing at this year’s event.

  • byMelanie Kembrey
Provocative essay calls out Australian politics for ‘policy paralysis’

Provocative essay calls out Australian politics for ‘policy paralysis’

Steven Carroll and Cameron Woodhead cast their eyes over recent fiction and non-fiction,including Jo Dyer’s Burning Down the House.

  • byCameron Woodhead andSteven Carroll
Michael Williams steps down as artistic director of Sydney Writers’ Festival

Michael Williams steps down as artistic director of Sydney Writers’ Festival

Sydney Writers’ Festival is to lose the artistic director who steered it through the pandemic.

  • byJason Steger
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Here comes the sequel for books that missed out in lockdown

Here comes the sequel for books that missed out in lockdown

Australia’s booksellers have come up with a scheme to help authors whose books suffered because of COVID-19 restrictions.

  • byJason Steger
How these six authors got their books published – in the hardest of times

How these six authors got their books published – in the hardest of times

Six authors tell of their journey to publication. Before it all fell flat due to the pandemic. Their fairy godmother moment:a debutante ball at the Sydney Writers’ Festival.

  • byMelanie Kembrey
Australia tops US and UK in keeping bookshops alive,says legendary author

Australia tops US and UK in keeping bookshops alive,says legendary author

David Malouf describes reading as an ‘experience akin to dreaming’,but says bookshops are still being taken for granted.

  • byHelen Pitt
This former police officer wanted to create change. She endured cruelty and racism.

This former police officer wanted to create change. She endured cruelty and racism.

Veronica Gorrie’s memoir Black and Blue astonishes with its degree of truth,trauma and resilience. It should be mandatory reading.

  • byJessie Tu
Non-fiction:Anwen Crawford’s No Document and three other titles

Non-fiction:Anwen Crawford’s No Document and three other titles

Anwen Crawford remembers an artist friend in a variety of literary forms.

  • byFiona Capp