War stories near and far, in fiction and of fact
Book reviewer COLIN STEELE looks at two books with the common theme of war, one a fictional thriller, the other a factual account of an English city's wartime work.
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Reviewer COLIN STEELE looks at a lavish book that peeps into the homes and art collections of 26 Australian artists, curators, architects, designers, gallerists and philanthropists.
Local author JJ Carpenter is a "history nerd", who's latest book is based on a psychiatric hospital in Goulburn, talks to ELIZABETH KOVACS about ghosts good... and bad.
Reviewer ANNA CREER continues her life of crime fiction with two cracking novels, one set in Ireland and the other in India.
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Indian author wins International Booker Prize
The International Booker Prize has been awarded to a short-story collection for the first time as India's Banu Mushtaq and Deepa Bhasthi won for Heart Lamp.
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Local libraries host Sydney writers’ festival
Sydney Writers’ Festival's Live & Local program is coming to more than 140 libraries, theatres and cultural venues, as they’re saying, “from Alice Springs to Albany, Queanbeyan to Kalgoorlie”, reports HELEN MUSA.
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Novelist uses photography to reveal the invisible truth
"Moral hazard, moral injury and moral healing in the context of gross injustice are the novel’s themes." CON BOEKEL reviews a new book by former Canberra author Irma Gold.
COLIN STEELE retreats to the cloisters to review three books of disparate themes – biography, mystery and satire – but all based in academia.
The Book Cow in Kingston was packed to the rafters on Sunday for the launch of Nature Moves, a book with strong local connections.
"Kate Kemp has said the purpose of her novel is to ask whether a woman can change her life if she’s not happy with her lot, and is the answer different for different women?" writes book reviewer ANNA CREER.
Book reviewer COLIN STEELE settles on two interesting titles. One deals with the slowly changing face of the elites in Britain, the other a humorous listing of the good and bad of modern life.
Omar Musa, visual artist, rapper and poet from Queanbeyan, has won first and second prize in the 2024 Newcastle Short Story Award for his two stories, Langsat and Boogeyman.
DAVID TURNBULL continues his series of profiles on Canberrans with a story. This week he meets a familiar TV news face who's gone from writing fact to fiction.
After Christmas, book reviewer ANNA CREER started reading some of the remaining books on the review shelf and discovered four real gems.
Fantasy is now the best-selling fiction genre in Australia, says book reviewer COLIN STEELE, who illustrates why in his latest column.
An emerging local author, Andra Putnis, has been appointed as the new artistic director of the Canberra Writers Festival for 2025, after the surprise departure of Beejay Silcox from the role.
ANNA CREER reviews two new Nordic Noir thrillers.
The artistic director of Canberra Writers Festival, Beejay Silcox, is stepping down after two years at the helm.
One of Australia's most articulate photographers has just released a 348-page book that traces the progress of Aboriginal activism in Australia mostly through photographs, reports arts editor HELEN MUSA.
