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'I guess I'm a weirdo' — Benjamin Myers on crop circles and being a loner

British author Benjamin Myers says he likes to be on the margins as a writer and his latest...

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Anita Heiss, Tony Birch and SJ Norman grapple with the past

For NAIDOC Week, three Aboriginal writers who are grappling with the past: Anita Heiss takes the...

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'They're about real things' — Madeline Miller on the popularity of Greek myths

American author Madeline Miller has found a new audience for her prize winning novel Circe on...

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'I got obsessed with horses' — Geraldine Brooks on her novel Horse

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Geraldine Brookes says she "didn't grow up as a horse obsessed...

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Meg Mason's surprise success with Sorrow and Bliss

Meg Mason thought her second novel, Sorrow and Bliss wouldn't be published, it was and is now...

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'I wish I’d had more resolution of character' — Booker winner Damon Galgut on privilege and power

Booker-winning writer Damon Galgut wasn’t always aware of his privilege, growing up as a white...

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Lessons in life, mortality and love from Julian Barnes

British Booker winner Julian Barnes's latest novel, Elizabeth Finch, is about a life-changing...

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The moon and the 'Mandelverse' with Emily St John Mandel

Canadian author, Emily St John Mandel, says the pandemic changed her as a writer. Her latest, Sea...

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Family troubles with Steve Toltz, Audrey Magee and Toni Jordan

Here Goes Nothing is the last in what Steve Toltz calls his trilogy of fear which began with A...

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Queer stories with Douglas Stuart, Indyana Schneider and Omar Sakr

Booker winner Douglas Stuart's second novel, Young Mungo, is again set in gritty working class...

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Mum’s the word with Dawn French, Douglas Stuart, Anne Enright, Alice Pung and more

We meet some of the most remarkable mothers in recent fiction, with authors including Dawn...

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Jennifer Down and Jonathan Franzen relive the 1970s

Jennifer Down doesn't turn away from uncomfortable truths in her Stella Prize shortlisted novel,...

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Hannah Kent and Michelle Johnston unearth the past

Hannah Kent reflects on her time as an exchange student in Iceland and how it allowed her to...

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Jennifer Egan's Goon Squad follow-up

Pulitzer-prize winner, Jennifer Egan, is "interested in the ways technology interacts with our...

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Kári Gíslason gives new life to an old Icelandic saga

The Icelandic sagas have long been a source of fascination for Kári Gíslason and his latest...

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Mythology and Marlon James — Moon Witch, Spider King

For his latest novel, Moon Witch, Spider King, Marlon James says "I was trying to connect with my...

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Recovery and 'ridey men' — Marian Keyes and Again, Rachel

'I have a full and beautiful life', says Irish writer Marian Keyes, 'The only thing I can't do is...

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Karen Joy Fowler targets John Wilkes Booth, America's first presidential assassin

Karen Joy Fowler wades into American Civil War history and the story of John Wilkes Booth, the...

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Craig Silvey, Tony Birch and Dervla McTiernan’s joy of reading

Craig Silvey, Tony Birch and Dervla McTiernan share their love of reading from the Perth Festival...

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Isabel Allende writes about her mother, Markus Zusak gets your fanmail

Isabel Allende says her latest novel, Violeta, was inspired by her mother but also by Allende's...

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