Anna Spargo-Ryan: The Gulf
The Gulf is an acute, moving and uplifting story from the inimitable, alchemical imagination of Anna Spargo-Ryan. Skye’s sixteen, and her mum’s got yet another new boyfriend. Trouble is, Jason’s bad new...
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Luke Buckmaster: Miller and Max
Miller and Max is the story of two heroes. One, a leather jacket-clad road warrior whose adventures in a dystopian future have made an indelible imprint on global popular culture. The second, the artist who created him: ...
Revealing Reading: A Survey of Australian Reading Habits
The Australia Council for the Arts has released a summary of new research into Australian book reading habits which reveals Australians rank reading as their favourite leisure activity and they still prefer a printed boo...
Discovering Charles Meere: an intriguing, subversive artist
Charles Meere’s painting Australian Beach Pattern is an iconic representation of Australian sybaritic beach culture. It has been widely reproduced, appropriated and copied, and is a big seller on the postcard stands at t...
Emma Viskic: Resurrection Bay
Caleb Zelic has been profoundly deaf since early childhood and has always lived on the outside, observing tell-tale signs people hide in a smile, a cough, a kiss. When a childhood friend is murdered, a sense of guilt and...
Shortlists announced for the 2017 NSW Premier’s Literary Awards
The State Library of NSW has announced the works of today’s leading Australian writers that have been shortlisted for the 2017 NSW Premier’s Literary Awards. With $310,000 in prize money to be awarded in 2017, thir...
Heather Rose: The Museum of Modern Love
Winner of the 2017 Stella Prize, The Museum of Modern Love by Heather Rose is a mesmerising literary novel about a lost man in search of connection – a meditation on love, art and commitment, set against the backdr...
Nigel Giles: Number 96
It was hailed in newspapers as the night “Television lost its virginity!” On Monday 13 March 1972, the adults-only TV series, Number 96 made its debut on our screens and soon became the most talked about show...
