If any generalisations can be made of Australian poetry, one of them might be that Australia is no country for old poets. It ...

After 100-odd years, the Hill of Content bookshop is moving but will remain on the hill in Bourke Street that gave it its ...

As Pride Month unfolds, Pride Source celebrates the voices, stories and icons that illuminate the rich tapestry of queer ...

To the uninitiated, the words abstinence and divestment may connote a sense of deprivation or sacrifice. When applied to a ...

The Australian writer’s 1984 novel, The Island, is a hypnotic work of fiction about the border between life and art.

MANILA, Philippines — Book Nook pioneer Architect Shereen Sy and SM Supermalls president Steven Tan recently hosted Australian Ambassador HK Yu for the unveiling of the first Australia Corner in ...

For those of us who care about Australian books and national literature unbeholden to market ideas of value, the transformation of an Australian independent publisher into a Big Five imprint ...

Should those of us who care about Australian books and literature be alarmed by these latest acquisitions? Our small literary world tends to operate in a state of precarious equilibrium ...

I love books. I own thousands. But let me quote the start of Praiseworthy, which this month won the $60,000 Stella Prize for best Australian novel by a woman. I should add it’s by Alexis Wright ...

Starting next year, the winner of the Margaret and Colin Roderick Literary Award, given for the Australian book judged best overall in that year, will now receive $50,000 – up from $30,000 in ...