Non-Fiction
Why do we love Helen Garner so much?
From Monkey Grip to How to End a Story, Helen Garner has been writing with clear-eyed precision for the better…
Great Writers & the Cats Who Owned Them review: a delight for cat lovers
In Great Writers & the Cats Who Owned Them, Susannah Fullerton explores the relationship between writers and their feline friends.
Book review: Hiroshige: artist of the open road, Alfred Haft
Experience the wonder of Hiroshige’s artistic imagination in this superb British Museum publication.
Book review: Blind Corners, Michael Collins
A thoughtful contemplation on ‘the art of fixing a shadow’.
Book Review: Alice’s Oxford, Peter Hunt
Tiptoe through the back streets of Oxford with this new book about Alice and her author Charles Dodgson.
Book review: The Odd Woman and the City, Vivian Gornick
Take a slow stroll through the streets of Manhattan in this entrancing memoir.
Move over Millennials, it’s time for older women writers to shine
Are the works of older women writers writing about their lives a new Australian publishing trend?
Decolonising the written word
As an editor, a relatively new part of my brief is to be on the alert for colonial exceptionalism. What…
How to break into writing and stay the distance
Advice for newcomers from some of the nominees of this year's Australian Prime Minister's Literary Awards.
Has digital debunked the book fair?
With the pandemic closing down major events in the publishing industry, the virtual book fair offers advantages and challenges.