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Gregory Day

Gregory Day

Gregory Day is a former coach of the Moriac Apricots. He is also an award-winning novelist, poet, essayist and musician based in Victoria, Australia.

Leonardo Sciasci

How a novelist took on the Sicilian Mafia – and lived to tell the tale

Sicilian novelist and critic Leonard Sciascia fearlessly exposed the Mafia’s intersection with politics and business.

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Heaney in Venice in 2008.

At 1200 pages, this monumental collection is a masterpiece

The final and comprehensive edition of Seamus Heaney’s poetry includes never before published works.

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An illustration of Gilbert White shown near his home in Selborne, Hampshire.

Love nature writing? Meet Gilbert White, the man who pioneered it

Reading about White’s world in the 18th century feels a little like travelling to an ur-version of the planet we now know.

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This Sept. 26, 2016 photo shows the sky through a stand of evergreen trees on a trail in the southern unit of the Kettle Moraine State Forest in Wisconsin. The Kettle Moraine is a geological formation created thousands of years ago by the movement of glaciers. Today visitors can follow the Kettle Moraine Scenic Drive through rural farming areas and rustic woodlands, and hike a variety of trails to experience landscapes that range from prairie to wetlands to forests. (AP Photo/Beth J. Harpaz)

A mind-expanding exploration of how trees have shaped the world

Scientist, biochemist and a historian and philosopher of science, Harriet Rix presents trees as agents of change.

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I miss cigarettes every day, but never a smartphone? I’ve never had one

I’ve always thought of mobile phones as the new cigarette, but of course they’re much worse.

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The AFL has abolished the centre bounce, removing one of the quirks of the game.

Gran’s not happy about the AFL killing the centre bounce. She says it stood for something grander

This week Grandma started telling us about the time before the footy was on TV, when “the bounce” was nothing other than a canny vernacular metaphor for the randomness of life.

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