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The Weirdo books once had a ‘prettiest girls list’. Now, they are re-recording the audiobooks
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The Weirdo books once had a ‘prettiest girls list’. Now, they are re-recording the audiobooks

The best-selling children’s book author is revising his Weirdo audiobooks to remove a “prettiest girls” list. “I was ranked low on a list and it affected me for years,” he says.

  • by Kerrie O'Brien and Marika Dobbin-Thomas

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How pop music met its Waterloo in ABBA

How pop music met its Waterloo in ABBA

What is it about ABBA’s songs that generate so much ardour? English music writer Giles Smith tries to find out.

  • by Michael Dwyer
Our safe, white scene has rules if you want to be a ‘multicultural’ writer

Our safe, white scene has rules if you want to be a ‘multicultural’ writer

Spare a thought for the authors who don’t look like their publishers in the middle-class literary world.

  • by Amra Pajalic
Death threats are an occupational hazard: Geoffrey Robertson

Death threats are an occupational hazard: Geoffrey Robertson

The leading human rights lawyer will grapple with state of the world in a new live show.

  • by Kylie Northover
My recent crossword sparked beef. Was my food clue a trifle fishy?
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My recent crossword sparked beef. Was my food clue a trifle fishy?

With words always gaining new meanings, setting crosswords is no piece of cake.

  • by David Astle
A glorious debut novel with shades of Zadie Smith and George Saunders

A glorious debut novel with shades of Zadie Smith and George Saunders

After winning the 2016 Vogel’s Literary Award with a collection of short stories, Murray Middleton spent eight years on his first novel.

  • by Helen Elliott
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The letters between two great writers revealing their hidden stories

The letters between two great writers revealing their hidden stories

Years of correspondence between Shirley Hazzard and Elizabeth Harrower reveal much about their unusual friendship.

  • by Gail Jones
This book takes you on the run across colonial NSW. Danger lurks at every corner

This book takes you on the run across colonial NSW. Danger lurks at every corner

In the sequel to her novel Benevolence, Julie Janson has produced a gothic historical novel that does justice both to the sorrow and the story of what Aboriginal Australia suffered in the 19th century.

  • by Eddie Hampson
Alexis Wright wins Stella Prize with ‘perhaps the great Australian novel’

Alexis Wright wins Stella Prize with ‘perhaps the great Australian novel’

The Indigenous writer has won the $60,000 award for her acclaimed novel, Praiseworthy, making her the first to win the prize twice.

  • by Jason Steger
The Beach Boys tell their own story of triumph and tragedy

The Beach Boys tell their own story of triumph and tragedy

It’s not all good vibrations, as our reviewers reveal in this week’s pick of fiction and non-fiction releases.

  • by Cameron Woodhead and Steven Carroll
Wryly funny novel by One Day author takes two lonely strangers on a hike

Wryly funny novel by One Day author takes two lonely strangers on a hike

The latest book by David Nicholls is a celebration of the rare connection that can lift people out of seemingly intractable isolation.

  • by Daniel Herborn