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Of course I’ll finish my novel, just as soon as you give me that Aegean villa
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (374+ words) I’ll keep applying for glamorous writers’ residencies because I’m not delaying - really. August 6, 2026 — 2:47pm Like many people, I am a huge procrastinator. And like many writers, my favourite procrastination activity is filling out application forms for fully funded writers’ residencies in…...
What’s worth reading this week (and what isn’t)
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (236+ words) A fantasy epic, a corporate thriller, open marriage, existential philosophy and the science of reality: this week’s new releases take readers just about everywhere. Our fiction and non-fiction reviewers separate the standouts from the disappointments as they cast their eyes…...
‘Not just smut’: The rise of the romance book club
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (1025+ words) May 18, 2026 — 1:37pm Like many Millennials, Larissa Chadwick’s introduction to the world of romantasy was by way of the Twilight series in high school. “I absolutely fell in love. I read them all in one week, and prior to that, I read…...
New books by Elizabeth Strout, Siri Hustvedt and Robert Forster in May
4+ mon, 1+ week ago (141+ words) WAtoday John of JohnDouglas StuartPicador, $34.99, May 12After four years at textile school in the Scottish Borders, John-Calum Macleod is heading back to the island of Harris and his deacon father, John. But, Douglas Stuart writes, “what skinned him was that the…...
Why Renee walked away from her job to open Brisbane’s first romance bookshop
7+ mon, 3+ hour ago (782+ words) February 14, 2026 — 11:38am Renee Woolnough used to come home from her demanding job in corrections and curl up with a book to relax. She used to say if she won the lotto, she would open a bookshop and cafe. “I worked with…...
Louise Adler and Randa Abdel-Fattah headline rebel Adelaide literary festival
7+ mon, 1+ week ago (762+ words) Updated February 4, 2026 — 2:11pm,first published 10:56am A rebel literary festival created in direct response to the cancellation of Adelaide Writers’ Week will feature the two women at the centre of the major event’s implosion. At the one-off new event, cheekily titled Constellations:…...
A confronting memoir by Gisèle Pelicot and a new work by a Booker winner: 15 books to read
7+ mon, 1+ week ago (86+ words) WAtoday If you thought the publishing cycle might slow down over summer, think again. February arrives this weekend with a host of cracking new books, and it looks like there’s something for everyone. The First Albanese Government: Governing in an…...
From magical cats to an exposé on Big Gambling: 10 new books
8+ mon, 1+ week ago (78+ words) This week’s books range from Irish Gothic to a twisted thriller and an essay linking Sylvia Plath and Taylor Swift; something for all readers. Heap Earth Upon ItChloe Michelle HowarthVerve, $34.99 Best Wishes from the Full Moon Coffee ShopMai MochizukiHachette, $32.99 NON-FICTION…...
The Brownlow medallist who lived in a hostel with refugees and wrote a novel
10+ mon, 2+ week ago (971+ words) In 1975, Kelvin Templeton was an emerging teenage star footballer, who found himself without a dwelling after living with local, mainly elderly couples. One of them housed him in a backyard bungalow. The Bulldogs, then known as Footscray, came up with…...