Emerging writing events are sprouting up all over the country this June. A Melbourne festival for fledgling scribes shows writing takes many forms.
In a recent talk given by Text Publishing editor Mandy Brett, Brett spoke about the effects new technology have on the book industry and explains how the world (often ungratefully) benefits from editors.
A man who can remember the future but not the past is the simple but compelling premise of author Cat Patrick's charming, distinctive and intriguing novel, writes Jordi Kerr.
Australia's largest book retailer is on the verge of total collapse, with administrators likely to break up the Borders and Angus & Robertson chains to sell to other retailers.
Do authors agree with the way they've been categorized? At the Emerging Writers Festival, book blogger Angela Meyer attended sessions on typecasting and narrative voice.
Malcolm Fraser responds to The Australian: "In his hyperbole, prejudice and partiality, Greg Sheridan shows himself to be not so much a commentator as a barracker, in this case for political memories."
The Hours author Michael Cunningham's latest novel By Nightfall is about art, youth, maleness and beauty. It is an intimate portrait of a middle-aged, middle-class gallery owner, writes Angela Meyer, who also discusses the author's recent trip to Australia.
Crikey's Culture Mulcher blogger W H Chong this week won two Australian Publishers Association book design awards. The winning piece was his stunning jacket for Lloyd Jones's novel Hand Me Down World.
The attention spans of readers appears to be getting shorter and shorter, with innumerable technological distractions vying for our attention. W H Chong discusses a range of views on how literature will survive in the modern media landscape.
Book blogger Angela Meyer sits down for a chat with author Mardi McConnochie, whose novel The Voyagers is a tender love story between a sailor and an aspiring musician.
