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The Endless Sky review: Di Morrissey delivers an endearing outback saga

Prolific Australian author Di Morrissey returns with her 31st novel, cleverly blending adventure, mystery and media-world drama.

From left, shortlisted writers in The Furphy Literary Awards 2025 Amy Montague (third place), Jorgia Hamilton, Kym Tyzack, Serena Moss (winner), Emma Westwood and Damien O'Donnell. Image: The Furphy Literary Award.
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The Furphy Anthology 2025 review: celebrating emerging Australian writing

The Furphy Anthology gathers the best short stories from almost 800 entries to this year's Furphy Literary Award.

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The Hiding Place review: a wicked satire of modern life

In Kate Mildenhall's crime novel The Hiding Place, being a good person is harder than you think.

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Silence is my Habitat: Jessica White's essays are a powerful search for connection

In the moving non-fiction collection Silence is my Habitat, Jessica White considers the impact of deafness and environment on her…

Michelle de Kretsrer's novel 'Theory & Practice' has won the Prime Minister's Literary Award 2025 for Fiction. The photo shows de Kretsrer, an older Asian-Australian woman, sitting in an armchair with her hands in her lap. She is wearing a sleeveless dress depicting a large tree against the blue sky, and has short, greying hair.
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Prime Minister’s Literary Awards 2025 winners announced

The six winning authors receive $80,000 each, which like the $5000 received by all the shortlisted writers, is tax free.

A scene from 'The Past is a Wild Party' by Noelle Janaczewska, one of the 7-ON playwrights. The photo depicts a female-presenting actor with blonde hair and wearing a long-sleeved blue shirt and red trousers. Her arms are outstretched, her head tilted back and her mouth open as if she is exclaiming ecstatically. She holds a closed book with a red cover, perhaps a play script, in her left hand.
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The 7-ON playwrights: how to sustain a collective for 20 years

Members of playwrights collective 7-ON discuss their new anthology, and how they’ve operated successfully for two decades to date.

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Curl up with these new art books this winter

15 books that beckon you to stay in … even on a sunny winter’s day.

Red cabinet on street filled with free books. Street Libraries.
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Parramatta leads Australia in street libraries

Parramatta tops the nation in global Street Library movement.

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10 expert tips on how to be a ghostwriter

Ghostwriting isn’t just writing for someone else. It’s shaping their story, capturing their voice and helping them say the things…

A woman with a hat sits perched over a desk, hand-writing into a journal on a wooden chair. The photo is in black and white. The woman is an author.
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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…

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