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Daylesford's Words in Winter Festival lifts poetry off the page
Picking up up retro handsets dotted across the town to listen to recorded poetry is just one of the features…

2025 Prime Minister’s Literary Awards shortlist announced
Find out the shortlistees across six categories in this year's Prime Minister's Literary Awards.

Best new books published August 2025 in Australia
Your guide to the best new books to read in August 2025.

Sydney Fringe Festival: bigger and bolder than ever in 2025
This year's Sydney Fringe Festival is embracing more local and international talent than ever and a decentralised model of place.

Siang Lu, Lauren Foley, Alan Fyfe: when book rejection leads to publishing success
Six Australian authors, including Katrina Cosgrove and Scarlett Harris, open up about their slow path to publication.

Sydney Writers' Festival partners with State Library of NSW for new literary hub
Sydney Writers' Festival and the State Library of NSW have partnered on an initiative allowing year-round storytelling.

Miles Franklin winner 2025: Siang Lu, Ghost Cities
The Miles Franklin winner, Ghost Cities, is a beguiling, metafictional novel set in a film set. But who's directing who?

20 pub quiz literary questions – the children's and young adults' literature version
So you tried the general literary quiz and the OzLit variation, here now is one devoted to children's and YA…

Melbourne premiere of American Psycho the Musical – prepare to be blood spattered!
The killer banker returns with 'real' blood on stage ... and songs.

Bakers Lane Books launches with $10,000 prize to support emerging women writers
A new kid on the block promises to amply Australian women's voices.