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Say you wanted to write your own reactions to, and feelings about, what’s happened this week, the news as it’s …

The Largesse of the Sea Maiden by Denis Johnson book review

The last book of any author is a testament to their talent. Some, like F Scott Fitzgerald’s The Last Tycoon, …

The French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe spoke eloquently, and from the heart, this week when he drew forth the words of …

Like James Joyce and other literary exiles, Peter Carey left his homeland to live elsewhere and has never ceased writing …

The National Young Writers’ Festival is entering its 20th year, with the festival giving a designated platform to LGBTIQ writers …

Scandinavian noir goes south to the Young Adult market in Christoffer Carlsson’s October is the Coldest Month published in Australia by …

For the comfortable middle class of the western world, politics is usually conscripted for a verbal tournament. It’s rarely a …

Pachyderm is the second novel of Melbourne writer and musician Hugh McGinlay. As part of Daily Review‘s highlighting of work by self-published …

Winners of the 17th Annual Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIAs) were announced at the Art Gallery of NSW last night …

Sally Abbott’s debut novel Closing Down (Hachette Australia) imagines Australia in the near future. It’s an Australia in which climate change …