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The broken midlist: why it’s harder than ever to be a ‘moderately successful’ author
Once the heart of the publishing industry, midlist authors now face dwindling advances, fading support, and a market obsessed with…
20 pub quiz literary questions
How many of these bookish answers do you know?
10 books people pretend to read (but don't)
Let’s be honest – we’ve all nodded along in book club at least once. Here are 10 books people pretend…
20 famous closing lines in books
So, you've tried guessing the opening lines of famous novels, how about the final words?
Baking bad: what a cookbook stoush tells us about creative plagiarism
When does inspiration become 'plagiarism'? The latest stoush between famed cookbook authors serves as an important case study.
20 famous opening lines in books
Fancy yourself a whiz at literary trivia?
10 Australian literary scandals
The Australian book world has long been enlivened with scams and misdemeanours.
How it began: The Narrow Road to the Deep North
One of the most celebrated novels of the 21st century, Richard Flanagan's 'The Narrow Road to the Deep North' is…
Scathing book reviews are more common than you think
Are you fretting about receiving a bad review? You're in good company.
5 Australian BookTubers shaping our taste
These Australian BookTubers are amassing hundreds of thousands of views for their reviews of a diverse mix of books.
