Emily Bitto has won the 2015 Stella Prize for her debut novel, The Strays. The prize is now in its third year and was established to redress the way in which women writers were typically overlooked for major literary prizes
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Books and the ballot box have a long and winding history.
The myth that our primitive forebears were capitalists at heart is fundamental to Adam Smith’s arguments in The Wealth of Nations.
We just can’t have enough of all things Arthurian – the legend and its many possible permutations never cease to fascinate.
The State Library of Victoria has received the greatest single bequest of rare books in its history, coupled with an endowment for the collection’s preservation. No wonder book scholars are smiling.
Grass’s true legacy is not the piously delivered moral messages that many associate with him – but his humour.
Negative reaction by other authors to Salman Rushdie’s book ratings demonstrates how sensitive writers can be. But why shouldn’t an author give however many stars they like to a book?
Terry Pratchett and Jorge Luis Borges may have been the prophets of the future library.
Richard Flanagan’s 2014 Man Booker Prize has put Tasmanian writing in the spotlight – and the announcement of new state literary prizes has helped too. So what is distinctive about Tasmanian literature?
During Shakespeare’s time the art of poetry was in the performance. Not so different from modern-day slam poetry.
Evie Wyld will be a guest at this year’s Sydney Writers’ Festival. Here, she speaks with a passionate reader about the success of her award-winning book, All The Birds, Singing.
The prize’s Administrator developed the Booker into the global brand it is today using the occasional leak and stirring of controversies.
Terry Pratchett, Jack Cohen and Ian Stewart wrote a series of four books on the science of Discworld.
So what does the discovery of this great author’s bones actually change?
The Library of Birmingham was one of the UK’s top ten tourist attractions in 2014. But this won’t save it.
Social media entrepreneur Belle Gibson is not the first to be accused of fabricating a personal recovery story for public consumption. So what responsibility do publishers have in such cases?
The six finalists of the Stella Prize, announced yesterday, include three authors who have been shortlisted based on their first major works of fiction. That’s definitely something to celebrate.
It was only appropriate that the news of Terry Pratchett’s death at the age of 66 was announced not only by his publisher, but via his own Twitter account.
It is still stigmatised, still seen as amateur, even as illegitimate, but self-publishing has truly arrived. We ignore it at our peril.
Tolstoy’s celebrated novel War and Peace has recently been enjoying some fresh attention thanks to a number of adaptations. BBC Radio 4 broadcast a ten-part adaptation of the novel. Later this year, the…
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