Miles Franklin
‘On the backs of women who have shouted’: Why this classic Australian work still matters
Kala Gare is playing the rebellious protagonist in My Brilliant Career. After calling out audience members for “groping” last year, her character’s courage resonates.
- Kayla Olaya
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Slow Horses launches Christopher Chung’s life in the fast lane
He plays the thoroughly unlikeable Roddy Ho in Slow Horses, but Christopher Chung is only getting started.
- Louise Rugendyke
Peter Carey says he’s done writing novels: ‘You have to know when it’s enough’
The Australian literary giant has confirmed there won’t be another novel from him.
- Melanie Kembrey
Miles Franklin Award makes history with 2025 winner, Siang Lu
The winner of the coveted $60,000 literary prize was blown away to make the longlist. Taking out the award has left him lost for words.
- Kerrie O'Brien
Thirty books we’ll be talking about for the rest of 2025
Clear your shelves. Here’s the fiction and non-fiction you can look forward to reading for the rest of the year.
- Melanie Kembrey
A controversial artwork, a reckoning and a posthumous release: 12 new books to delve into
The weather may be starting to cool down, but the books are heating up. Here are some of the best being published in March.
- Jason Steger
Spring has sprung early, here’s how to make the most of it in Melbourne
Your culture guide for cost-conscious connoisseurs, with a few big-ticket items should you have the chance to splash out.
- Cameron Woodhead
She was told her fiction wasn’t ‘Australian enough’. Then she won the Miles Franklin
Working with a “billable hours” mindset, lawyer, mum of four and author Shankari Chandran weaves sharp social justice critiques through her loving family tales.
- Melanie Kembrey
Alexis Wright wins Stella Prize with ‘perhaps the great Australian novel’
The Indigenous writer has won the $60,000 award for her acclaimed novel, Praiseworthy, making her the first to win the prize twice.
- Jason Steger
Nobel laureates, Pulitzer winners lead Sydney Writers’ Festival line up
More than 35 stars of the international literary scene will feature as part of the 2024 Sydney Writers’ Festival.
- Helen Pitt