Desert stories get a hearing at the National Library
HELEN MUSA reports on a National Library exhibition that showcases the remarkable, decades-long efforts of the NT's Papunya community to record, preserve and sustain its language and culture.
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Female writers are currently dominating the Australian crime fiction scene, with more women writing crime, psychological thrillers, and domestic noir than men, writes reviewer ANNA CREER.
COLIN STEELE reviews two new books by Australian authors that take their inspiration from dark themes.
Reviewer ANNA CREER takes a look at a couple of new crime books – one "cosy", the other not so much.
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Local author wins Victorian fiction prize
Queanbeyan author Omar Musa has won the 2026 Victorian Premier’s Award for Fiction for his novel Fierceland.
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When schoolboys tried to challenge the system
“Being published is amazing, but I treated it as a bonus – all I wanted was to write something that I could look at and go: 'I’m really proud of what I’ve created'." TIA PRIEST-WILLIMOTT meets excited debut author Scott Woodard.
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Deeply personal story as Malala finds her way
Book reviewer COLIN STEELE looks at the lives of two very different people.
Criminals are feeding Australians' social media information into AI to create targeted romance scams ahead of Valentine's Day.
Three recent, excellent crime novels set in Scotland, have caught the eye of book reviewer ANNA CREER.
While an apology from Adelaide Festival is welcome, a dumped Palestinian-Australian author says her words continue to be "twisted" by an unapologetic premier.
A leading writers' festival has offered an invitation and issued an unreserved apology to Randa Abdel-Fattah over her ditching that triggered its 2026 collapse.
A writer dumped from a major literary festival is threatening defamation action against a premier over what she alleges is a "vicious personal assault".
The axing of a Palestinian-Australian author has led to the cancellation of one of Australia's premier writers' festivals as its embattled board stepped down.
Swiss author Erich von Däniken, whose books offered up extraterrestrial explanations for humanity's mysteries, has died.
Dozens of authors have withdrawn from a major Australian festival over a decision to remove its only Palestinian writer because of "cultural sensitivities".
The board of a major festival has cancelled the appearance of a prominent Palestinian author citing 'cultural sensitivity' following the Bondi terror attack.
Book reviewer COLIN STEELE reflects on his top five books for 2025.
This year’s most borrowed title from ACT Libraries' 1.4 million borrowed items was Orbital by Samantha Harvey.
Children's author David Walliams says he has not been informed about allegations raised by his publisher after HarperCollins said it was cutting links with him.
