What is "Australian" writing? In the inaugural Miles Franklin award oration on Tuesday, Peter Temple gave the question a red-hot go. It poses some interesting examples to read, says Siobhan Argent.
Craig Sherborne's The Amateur Science of Love follows the grim journey of a love affair gone wrong. Sherborne’s humour is acerbic and his prose fluid and sparing, writes Raili Simojoki.
I worry about Gerard Henderson, really. He has a chronic case of corresponditis -- the inability, at the end of a protracted exchange of letters, to allow his correspondent to have the last word, writes former Labor leader Mark Latham.
What are the publicists for the Miles Franklin organisation doing? This week's inaugural Miles Franklin Literary Award Oration from author Peter Temple should have been packed to the rafters but sadly this was far from the case, writes W H Chong.
Reader’s block: if that’s alarming for a writer, it’s crippling for a reader. W H Chong hasn't stopped reading but surveys unread book stacks with the same attitude he feels when he's half consumed a Chinese banquet: bilious and bloated.
Eloise Keating, a journalist for BOOKSELLER+PUBLISHER, looks at the reaction to the biographies of two former prime ministers.
In recent weeks debate has erupted in Oz over female authors. But can you easily differentiate between the writings of a man and a woman? Take The Guardian's interactive test...
Harry Birmingham has been professional writer for more than ten years, but it was only when asked to produce a How to Write book that he came to think systematically about the craft of writing.
Literary Minded's Angela Meyer has decided to self-publish some of her popular short stories as e-books. They can be purchased for the bargain price of 99c each.
In a list of 25 points Chuck Wendig explains why he loves storytelling and offers curt and colourful advice to budding writers such as "villains have mothers" and "heroes have broken toys."
