Our Deputy Editor gets a fresh injection of writing vigour from Catherine Deveny’s new fear-busting handbook. I had only known Catherine Deveny as a fearless and mouthy comedian from Melbourne. […]
When screenwriter Steven Rowley’s daschund died, he wrote a novel in 100 days to vent his grief. Lily and the Octopus is the result, reviewed here by our editorial assistant, […]
Kate Tempest is a spoken-word performance artist, hip-hop musician, and is perhaps Britain’s best young poet. If you know anything about the Sydney Writers’ Festival, you’ll know she’s taking on […]
After reading my letter from October about how much I loved A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara, a friend asked to borrow it as she was travelling to Paris to stay for […]
The Fictional Woman Tara Moss I’ve enjoyed Tara Moss’s crime series and have followed her writing career with interest, so I was curious to know what her foray into non-fiction […]
The Hen Who Dreamed She Could Fly Sun-mi Hwang This is a story about a hen called Sprout. She’s an egg-laying hen, kept in the coop where she cannot wander […]
Recently I had that age-old problem of finishing a book and finding myself ready for bed and at a loss for something to read. I turned to my bookshelves to […]
Some of my Brisbane rellies recently came to stay with me. I discovered that my aunt borrows many books from her local library, which she loves. But the only downside […]
Goat Mountain David Vann This book is dark and brutal, but it’s also magnificent. It’s the story of three generations of men hunting for deer on a family property in mountains […]
What is your top fiction read for 2013? We want you to tell us which book you enjoyed most during 2013. Which book moved you, inspired you or transported you […]
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