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When picking books to read this summer, reach out for the unknown. Here are five expert recommendations for fiction, nonfiction, and poetry, for which deserved attention is just starting to shine.
James Patterson – one of the world’s bestselling authors – may not principally be a writer.
South African-Jamaican intellectual, activist and author Peter Abrahams died in January 2017. He will be revered for his contributions to the anti-colonial struggles in Africa and the Caribbean.
The unmasking of Charlotte Brontë changed the way that her books were read.
An idyllic childhood in Wales inspired one of the world’s most treasured children’s writers in unexpected ways.
A war hero and a philanthropist, or a bully and a misogynist – there are many versions of the enigmatic author.
The writing process is different whether your instrument is a fountain pen, a crayon, a typewriter or a computer. What fingerprints does the technology leave on the product?
Google has won again in its efforts to create a searchable digital library of books. But many author groups still believe the project infringes their copyright.
A study into the responses of Australian authors, publishers and readers to global changes in the contemporary publishing environment suggests authors are being innovative, but financial rewards can be elusive.
Italian novelist Elena Ferrante has been called “one of the great novelists of our time” and her Neapolitan novel cycle “an unconditional masterpiece”. But the author herself remains an intangible figure.
Bond has been subject to many further adventures under different authors, and they’re a mixed bag, to say the least.
The handwritten manuscript of Victor Hugo’s novel Les Misérables (1862) – from which the blockbuster stage show and numerous movies ultimately descend – has arrived at the State Library of Victoria (its…
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