Culture
Books
There's a plague about and it's making crime pay
Award-winning crime novels with disease at their core are gaining unexpected relevance.
- by Jason Steger
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Literature
Essay collection ponders society's relationship with the disabled
Author Kylie Maslen's suggests that what really needs prescribing is greater care.
- by Declan Fry
Literature
Craig Silvey's new novel is bound to face intense scrutiny. He's OK with that
Honeybee won't be able to escape the ongoing discussions about identity politics and, more specifically, about the ethics of writing about experiences that are not your own.
- by Melanie Kembrey
Good Weekend
'You’re never content': how 'the captain' changed course after Jasper Jones
Craig Silvey's first book in 11 years is about transformation. The “interminably stubborn” author of the smash hit Jasper Jones has been doing a bit of that himself lately.
- by Barry Divola
Literature
After Jasper Jones, a jump into new territory with a trans teenager
Craig Silvey's first novel in more than a decade is imbued with a radical authorial empathy for Sam, the 14-year-old hero about to take his own life.
- by Liam Pieper
Literature
The sheer magic of Richard Flanagan's disappearing act
The Booker-winning novelist's latest book is a revelation and triumph.
- by Michael Williams
Bookmarks
Bookmarks: In praise of your local bookshop
Bookshops get their turn for a bit of love.
- by Jason Steger
Literature
Fiction reviews: A Saint in Texas and three other titles
Edmund White has written a sensuous and dramatic saga.
- by Cameron Woodhead
Literature
Non-fiction reviews: Spoon-fed by Tim Spector and two others
Some common beliefs about food are fanciful, according to Tim Spector.
- by Steven Carroll
Literature
After grief: how novelist Roddy Doyle learnt to laugh again
Reading alone in an Irish pub, the acclaimed writer found himself laughing out loud.
- by Roddy Doyle
Literature
Why Trent Dalton needed to ‘run a mile’ from his hit debut novel
The bestselling author says his new book, All Our Shimmering Skies, is the one he always wanted to write.
- by Melanie Kembrey