Jason Steger
Jason Steger is a contributor for The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald.
The controversial Lionel Shriver returns and a star tells (almost) all: 16 books to read
Candid memoirs and long-awaited returns, there is a bumper crop of new books – including a novel that may be Looking for Alibrandi for a new generation.
- Jason Steger
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It’s Beethoven or bust on our family mission to Germany
An exhibition in Bonn offers an opportunity to connect with a long-dead relative through his love for the German composer.
- Jason Steger
A confronting memoir by Gisèle Pelicot and a new work by a Booker winner: 15 books to read
If you thought the publishing cycle might slow down over summer, think again. February’s here with plenty of cracking new books
- Jason Steger
From Aussie crime to a literary giant’s last novel, here are 11 books to read this month
This selection will help you get your new year up and running.
- Jason Steger
18 books we’re excited to read in November
Your Christmas shopping is done! The publishing year draws to a close with a cracking line-up of novels, major histories, memoirs and essay collections.
- Jason Steger
This author’s past as a boarding school misfit inspired her latest novel
Miles Franklin winner Sofie Laguna’s fifth novel, about an unhappy teenage girl with an absent father, is imbued with her love of the myths of ancient Rome and Greece.
- Jason Steger
Will Trent Dalton rocket back up the bestseller lists with his latest book?
Crime, biography, politics, fiction: there is a bumper crop of new books this month, including the return of a Booker winner after nearly 20 years.
- Jason Steger
How Mick Herron fell in love with Jackson Lamb and the Slow Horses
Mick Herron wanted to write a standalone novel. Then he found he had too much fun with the world and characters he had created.
- Jason Steger
Secret agents, controversies and some big names return: 16 new books to read this month
The ninth in the Slow Horses series of spy novels is just one of the many books being released this month. But there also essays, memoirs and histories.
- Jason Steger
Conspiracies, mysterious deaths and a surprise guest: 14 new books to read this month
Why not make the most of the last month of winter by hunkering down with a new book?
- Jason Steger