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Sheridan Voysey The Making of Us feature

The Making Of Us: Who We Can Become When Life Doesn’t Go As Plan...

Formerly of Brisbane, now based in Oxford, UK, Sheridan Voysey is a writer, speaker and broadcaster with BBC. Deeply affected by the pain of a personal crisis, Voysey chose to undertake an actual on foot pilgrimage. He w...

Ailie Banks: The Book of Bitch

June 29 - Books

The Book of Bitch is an unapologetic, illustrated A to Z guide for those reclaiming and celebrating their inner bitch. Writer and artist Ailie Banks is a self-proclaimed bitch. The word has been thrown at her, and the wo...

Alpine Australia – A celebration of the Australian Alps

June 28 - Books

Alpine Australia – A celebration of the Australian Alps portrays the stunning high country region unique to the Alpine areas of New South Wales and Victoria – the areas which are often snow covered for a numb...

Alex Landragin: Crossings

June 13 - Books

I didn’t write this book. I stole it… A Parisian bookbinder stumbles across a manuscript containing three stories, each as unlikely as the other. The first, The Education of a Monster, is a letter penned by t...

The 2019 Miles Franklin Literary Award longlist

2019 Miles Franklin Literary Award Longlist Announced

June 4 - Books, Latest News

Perpetual, the trustee of Australia’s most prestigious literary awards, have announced the ten talented authors who have been included in the 2019 longlist for the Miles Franklin Award. The Miles Franklin Literary Award ...

Vicki Laveau-Harvie’s remarkable, uncomfortable memoir wins the ...

April 11 - Books, Latest News, Opinion

Vicki Laveau-Harvie’s memoir of a “monstrous” mother has won the 2019 Stella Prize. The Erratics tells the story of Vicki’s return home to a prairie house in the sparse wintry landscapes of Alberta, Canada, where she gre...

Joanne Brookfield: No Apologies – Women in Comedy Claiming their...

April 8 - Books

Everyone says the future is female, but that change is happening right now. Across the planet, women’s voices are being heard like never before… Joanne Brookfield has spent two decades working in the world of...

Underdog: #LoveOzYA Short Stories

March 8 - Books

#LoveOzYA celebrates the best of new Australian writing for teenagers. It has grown from a humble hashtag into a movement, reflecting the important role young-adult fiction plays in shaping our current generation of read...