There’s cosy crime and then there’s hardboiled
Reviewer ANNA CREER takes a look at a couple of new crime books – one "cosy", the other not so much.
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Queanbeyan author Omar Musa has won the 2026 Victorian Premier’s Award for Fiction for his novel Fierceland.
“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.
Book reviewer COLIN STEELE looks at the lives of two very different people.
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Valentine’s warning as AI fuels ‘insidious’ love scams
Criminals are feeding Australians' social media information into AI to create targeted romance scams ahead of Valentine's Day.
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Crime novels with a strong Scottish accent
Three recent, excellent crime novels set in Scotland, have caught the eye of book reviewer ANNA CREER.
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War of words overshadows dumped author’s apology
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Dozens of authors have withdrawn from a major Australian festival over a decision to remove its only Palestinian writer because of "cultural sensitivities".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.
British comic and children's author David Walliams has been dropped by his publishers after allegations of harassment of its female employees.
"Garner mixes the mundane with the profane, juxtaposing washing the dishes with the creativity of writing." COLIN STEELE reviews the collected diaries of "national treasure" Helen Garner.
The posthumous memoir of Virginia Giuffre, a prominent accuser of Jeffrey Epstein, has sold one million copies worldwide.
