Books (Literature)

The cultural role of bookshops is in the spotlight after the owner of Victoria's oldest independent bookshop posted on social media, calling for "kids picture books with just white kids on the cover". Authors, booksellers and a publisher on the power of booksellers.

Melbourne poet Grace Yee has won Australia's richest literary award, the Victorian Prize for Literature, for her debut verse novel, Chinese Fish.

The Breakfast at Tiffany's author jetsetted with the likes of Gloria Vanderbilt and Jackie Kennedy's sister Lee Radziwill. But his choice to write about their best-kept secrets would ruin it all, as a new star-studded miniseries reveals. 

Irish actors Paul Mescal and Andrew Scott talk about connection through grief in Andrew Haigh's film All of Us Strangers.

Culture, family, colonisation and resistance are some of the themes uniting these acclaimed literary works by First Nations writers from Australia.

An "art-ivist" author who has rewritten Banjo Paterson’s The Man from Snowy River to remove animal cruelty says he will not be discouraged by "hostile" feedback.

The question of what constitutes a sacred space in our increasingly secular society is at the heart of Amanda Lohrey's new novel The Conversion.

Reading is a solitary pursuit, but the joy of talking about what you devoured or detested in book club is special.

An outback library service provides a sense of connection to remote residents living hundreds of kilometres from any town.

Lifeline Bookfest Brisbane is run by 700 volunteers who will stack and sell more than a million second-hand books during the nine-day event. And each person has their own unique story about why they support the crisis hotline.

Here are all the winners from the 2024 Critics Choice Awards, where Barbie and Oppenheimer are once again competing for the top prize.

Do you think reading fiction is purely for pleasure? These experts explain why there's a whole lot more to gain, in your personal life and at work, from picking up a book.

Australian writer Trent Dalton's hit novel, 'Boy Swallows Universe' has been adapted into Netflix series, with the show premiering on the platform from 11th January.

A juicy memoir, a Pulitzer Prize winner and a rediscovered Italian classic feature in our holiday reading guide.

Thousands of tickets have already been sold for an outdoor Harry Potter event at a nature park south of Melbourne, which residents fear will pose a danger to local wildlife.

You're heading on a road trip, and you've got your snacks and car charger ready, but what are you going to listen to? We bring you five podcasts, and a sneaky audiobook, to keep you occupied when you hit the road.

Readers are embracing romance novels with wild abandon and sending their favourite titles straight to number one. So we asked a bestselling romance author, publisher and bookseller why the genre is having such a moment.

From dusty farming communities to sleepy seaside towns, crime fiction set in regional Australia is taking off. Here's why readers are devouring these stories.

Broken Hill residents say they remember the collective sadness in the town when it lost its only book store. Things have changed since then.

Author Stephen Crafti celebrates 22 of Australia's finest chefs at home in their private kitchen spaces.

When the Stella Prize-winning author was diagnosed with breast cancer at the same time as her sisters, her life — and writing — changed forever.

The renowned author of The House of Youssef and The Lovers has been named Parramatta's inaugural Laureate in Literature. She says the area is home to a "golden generation" of writers.

From "an incredible debut" to a novel that "celebrates the joy that can be found in an ordinary, imperfect life" — these are our favourite reads of 2023.

In 2004, an Indian intelligence officer suspected of leaking classified information to a foreign power seemingly vanished into thin air. Piecing together the factual and fictional accounts of the Rabinder Singh case reveals a desperate race to catch a double agent and his CIA puppeteer.

The First Folio is the first collection of William Shakespeare’s plays published in one volume. Professor Ewan Fernie explains how this rare book was gifted to the NSW State Library.