Literature
Judy Blume’s books were my companions in a lonely, liminal time
A new biography of the legendary author of teen realism has Simmone Howell indulging in casual bibliomancy
- Simmone Howell
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Younger people have no idea I spent most of my 20s in a moshpit: Rosalie Ham
The author of The Dressmaker has written a book about ageing, which she gleefully says cannot be done gracefully.
- Jane Sullivan
From share houses to dinner parties: The 2kg book that became a Gen X rite of passage
Ahead of a new edition of her classic 1996 cookbook, Stephanie Alexander reveals how it changed her life and why she still wants to “pull people onto my team”.
- Amanda Hooton
M.L. Stedman’s achingly human epic is like an Australian Gone With The Wind
A Far-Flung Life is cut from a similar cloth from Stedman’s bestselling debut The Light Between Oceans
- Tom Ryan
Jacinda Ardern and Booker Prize winner lead Melbourne Writers Festival line-up
The festival, which is set to celebrate its 40th anniversary, will welcome the former New Zealand prime minister as well as a number of decorated authors.
- Kerrie O'Brien
Five books that offer a disquieting window into our possible futures
Recent works of speculative fiction collectively capture our current preoccupations with technology, climate, authoritarianism and moral uncertainty.
- Andrew Leigh
Harlan Coben has taken over Netflix. These are his best (and worst) shows
Loved Run Away earlier this year? Here’s what you should watch next.
- Debi Enker
Forget the Famous Five – did Enid Blyton invent the multiverse?
The writer’s back catalogue is like AI fiction a century before such a thing was imaginable.
- John Bailey
Should we cancel the books of writers who behave badly?
If they’d had social media in the interwar years, poet Ezra Pound would have had a huge following – and he’d also have been cancelled dozens of times
- Jane Sullivan
She turned her childhood sexual abuse into a bestseller. But was it her story to tell?
High-flying venture capitalist Amy Griffin wrote a memoir about the sexual abuse she endured at school – now she is being sued by a former classmate.
- Lucy Denyer