Number 3 chiller
The Guardian on Elizabeth Harrower: ‘Australia’s buried literary treasure is unearthed.’
26 excellent book dedications.
I wonder what it’s like to be a housekeeper. I bet it’s really interesting and authentic, probably. My prestigious literary novel.
Paula Weston’s Rephaim series has been widely praised by bloggers, and the third book in the series, Shimmer, is no exception.
‘Beautiful writing, witty dialogue, badass characters and an intense and richly crafted tale, what else can you ask for?’ says Melanie of Read more
Peter Temple, author of The Broken Shore, Truth and the Jack Irish novels, gives a rare interview to NPR.
Jane Messer makes the case against anonymous reviews.
The case for Peter Temple’s The Broken Shore as the great Australian novel.
‘Every writer needs an editor, and anyone who says he doesn’t has a fool for a muse.’
What the future of reading looks like (to the author of the piece, at least).
Some excellent vintage library posters.
Book Towns: where reading is the reason to live.
The 8 best literary impostors.
Lego Stories: books, etc, reimagined in lego.
People trying to write in art.
Call me, Ishmael: a fun new literary project.
The Rise and Fall of Great Powers is the second novel by Tom Rachman, the much-lauded author of The Imperfectionists.
‘Tom Rachman’s ingenious second novel, The Rise and Fall of Great Powers, is harder to describe than The Imperfectionists, his sensational first,’ says the Read more
‘For St John, words were about keeping the darkness at bay.’ Lucy Sussex reviews Helen Trinca’s Madeleine : A Life of Madeleine St John in the Sydney Review of Books.
Two writers on how parenthood has informed their writing lives.
‘Books are sacred’: Read more
An artist bio gets real. (Too real?)
The report cards of famous authors.
“You are a parasite,” Alice said. Ayn Rand’s Alice in Wonderland.
