Author’s shock, tears, disbelief at Miles Franklin win
A lawyer and mother of four has won the prestigious Miles Franklin literary award with a novel she didn't think would be published in Australia.
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Rare book featuring great southern land goes to auction
A 15th century book featuring one of the earliest acknowledgements of Australia's existence will go to auction at the Melbourne Rare Book Fair.
Rare book featuring great southern land goes on sale
A 15th century book featuring one of the earliest acknowledgements of Australia's existence will be for sale at the Melbourne Rare Book Fair.
Love, loss and the end of the world: three Australian debut novels seduce and stumble
Fiction, to quote Julia Prendergast, is an “apt vessel for capturing the haunting incompleteness of human experience”. These three novels, each in their own ways, effectively tackle that incompleteness.
Read all about it: NSW preschoolers are falling behind
A report has shown a big decline in the literacy rates of children under the age of five in NSW, with one in five being ranked developmentally vulnerable.
Annie Ernaux given Nobel literature prize
French Author Annie Ernaux has been awarded this year's Nobel Prize in literature.