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Australian books

July 2024

  • July Book Review

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    ‘Radical’, ‘a headrush’, ‘insanely clever’: the best Australian books out in July

  • Alexis Wright

    Australian arts in focus
    Miles Franklin award 2024: Alexis Wright continues dream run as shortlist announced

June 2024

  • Dr Hilary Caldwell at Tharwa in the ACT.

    ‘Guess what? Mummy is a sex worker’: the sexologist who wants to build a ‘slutopia’ for women

  • Kate Forsyth and the Psykhe cover

    Australian book reviews
    Psykhe by Kate Forsyth review – a cosy escape into Greek myth

  • Bruce Pascoe and the book cover

    Australian book reviews
    Imperial Harvest by Bruce Pascoe review – an epic tale of humanity, horror and hope

  • Stack of books

    Australian arts in focus
    Australian online seller Booktopia enters share trading halt a fortnight after major job cuts

  • For years the best-known Tongan on Australian TV was played by Chris Lilley. At last Pasifika artists are being recognised

    Winnie Dunn

  • Australian book reviews
    Hurdy Gurdy by Jenny Ackland review – a toothless abortion tale

  • Bookmark this
    ‘Ideal for a night in, hiding from the cold’: the best Australian books out in June

  • Walk with ...
    Shankari Chandran: ‘In western thinking, duty is seen as a burden’

  • Australian book reviews
    Everything is Water by Simon Cleary review – one man’s pilgrimage along Brisbane River

  • Can you write about an ex-husband who betrayed you? The fraught ethics of writing about real people

    Patti Miller

May 2024

  • Morris Gleitzman

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    Morris Gleitzman: ‘In the last couple of years, I’ve found it is getting a lot harder to be optimistic’

  • Author Siang Lu for our culture department ahead of his new book Ghost Cities

    Australian book reviews
    Ghost Cities by Siang Lu review – a funny, fascinating critique of modern China

  • Paul Daley

    Biographers, resharpen your pencils! The University of Melbourne’s shameful history of racism awaits

    Paul Daley
  • Michael Brissenden

    Licence to probe: the liberating beauty of fiction after journalism

    Michael Brissenden

  • Australian book reviews
    Peripathetic by Cher Tan review – essays on punk, work and the internet are incredibly good fun

  • Australian arts in focus
    Poet Ali Cobby Eckermann wins book of the year at the NSW premier’s literary awards

  • Elizabeth Harrower and Shirley Hazzard only met six times. They wrote to each other for 40 years

  • Australian book reviews
    Only the Astronauts by Ceridwen Dovey review – playful and deeply moving close encounters

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