Crikey's own Margaret Simons, along with her co-author Malcolm Fraser, took home a double at last night's NSW Premiers Literary Awards, thanks to their book Malcolm Fraser: The Political Memoirs. Simons reflects on writing the book with Fraser.
Book covers can be the most critical aspects of the entire publishing process, and when a new book is launched, up to 50 prototype cover designs get mocked up. These covers didn't make the cut, but they are still intriguing works of beauty.
In Christopher Currie’s atmospheric debut novel The Ottoman Motel the parents of a young boy disappear in a small, strange town. Book blogger Angela Meyer sits down for an in depth chat with Currie.
A new committee is being set up to pursue equal rights for women writers in Australia. There are many books written and published by women – it’s just perception that's the problem, writes Angela Meyer.
Jen Mueller pens a letter to the customers harassing her at the liquidation bookstore where she works, noting that, sadly, a petition will not be enough to keep this business out of the hands of administrators.
Crikey's book blog LiteraryMinded, spearheaded by literary hound Angela Meyer, this week turns the pages on its fourth birthday. Hip, hip, hooray!
Embassytown represents China Miéville's first dive into pure science fiction. As typical for Miéville, he takes to the new ground like he’s been working in it all his life, writes Lyndon Riggal.
The 2001 Miles Franklin shortlist was a "sausage-fest" with no Aussie female author making the cut, again. It was enough to anger writer Sophie Cunningham to start up an award similar to Britain's acclaimed Orange Prize.
In one of the most bizarre sallies in the ongoing, nasty kulturkampf against Manning Clark, Ross Fitzgerald joins his voice to those who saw the great historian as some sort of Soviet stooge.
Helen Hodgman's novel Blue Skies, a dark tale of a young mother trapped in suburban Tassie, is wonky and just a little bit sleazy. Imogen Baratta gives it two thumbs up.
