Writing and Publishing
Adelaide Writers' Week looks to a new chapter, announces author Min Jin Lee for 2027 festival
The Pachinko author will discuss her new novel at Adelaide Writers' Week, as the festival looks to rebuild trust after…
'We were right in the firing line': an extract from Elizabeth Ann Macgregor's The Power of the Real
In this extract from her forthcoming memoir The Power of the Real, Elizabeth Ann Macgregor looks back on a critical…
2026 Prime Minister’s Literary Awards celebrate six standout Australian books
The nation's richest annual literary prize offers a snapshot of Australian literature now.
15 novels longlisted for one of Australasia’s richest literary awards
The 2026 ARA Historical Novel Prize longlist spans millennia, continents and untold histories, with $155,000 up for grabs.
Anna Woods' debut novel LIT gives architects the thriller treatment
Anna Woods’ Kiwi thriller revolves around ill-gotten gains and three architects trapped in an eternal triangle.
2026 NT Book Awards shortlist celebrates the breadth of Top End talent
This year's shortlist for the NT Book Awards ranges from poetry and family history to Indigenous-language picture books and even…
Liane Moriarty returns to Big Little Lies: ‘Nobody can change my book’
More than a decade after Big Little Lies took the world by storm, the maestro of mystery Liane Moriarty returns…
On the move: latest arts sector appointments
This week, the Sydney Writers' Festival appoints its new Artistic Director.
After the Siren: Australian queer AFL romance novel has been optioned for the screen
Darcy Green's After the Siren is a sports romance novel about players from a fictional Brunswick AFL team.
Arborescence to Blue Poles: all the Prime Minister’s Literary Awards finalists
The finalists for the Prime Minister's Literary Awards have now been announced.