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The number one thing you can do to become a better writer, is to become a better reader.

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Live & Local returns in Sydney Writers' Festival 2025

Highlights of the 28th edition of the Live & Local program.

On the top panel is Megan Brown who has short white hair and is wearing glasses. Below her in another panel is Lucy Sussex, who has blonde hair and is wearing a brown woollen hat. On the right is the cover of their book 'Outrageous Fortune' that features a blue and white illustration of a woman in period dress. There are two knives held aloft beside her.
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Book review: Outrageous Fortunes, Megan Brown and Lucy Sussex

An unearthing of the life and times of Mary Fortune, who wrote the first book of detective stories published in…

Two black and white panels. On the left a head and shoulders of an older man (Al Pacino) with black hair brushed back, goatee and moustached, in a black shirt. On the right the book cover of a younger clean shaven Al Pacino holding his hand across his forehead and wearing a dark jumper, and the words Al Pacino in gold and Sonny Boy in white.
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Book review: Sonny Boy, Al Pacino

The Oscar-winning actor looks back on his life and career to reveal how he left the Bronx to hit the…

Two panels. On the left is of author Peter Ames Carlin. He has dark hair and a dark shirt and tan trousers. He is seated. On the right is the cover of his book, 'The Name of this band is R.E.M' which features an orange background and 4 members of R.E.M when young and Michael Stipes still had hair.
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Book review: The Name of This Band Is R.E.M., Peter Ames Carlin 

'Follow me, don’t follow me': the contradictions guiding “The Most Improbably Successful Group In The World” in this biography of…

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