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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...

Halstead Press Discovering Charles Meere

Discovering Charles Meere: an intriguing, subversive artist

May 23 - Books, Opinion

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

May 9 - Books

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...

2017 NSW Premier's Literary Awards Christina Stead Prize for Fiction Shortlist - courtesy of State Library of NSW

Shortlists announced for the 2017 NSW Premier’s Literary Awards

May 1 - Books, Latest News

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

April 19 - Books

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

March 21 - Books

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...

Stella Prize Shortlist Stack - photo by Connor Tomas O'Brien

2017 Stella Prize Shortlist Announced

March 8 - Books, Latest News

Celebrating Australian women’s contribution to literature, the Stella Prize is delighted to announce on, International Women’s Day, the six extraordinary books that have been announced on the 2017 shortlist. Named after ...

Christine Dibley: To The Sea

February 1 - Books

From debut Australian author Christine Dibley comes a stunning saga set on the sweeping coasts of Tasmania and Ireland. A dangerous yearning that echoes through generations, To The Sea is a call to the sea passed on from...