The recent, sudden closure of Meanjin has brought renewed attention to Australian journals: those hardy perennials that support Australian literature year in and year out. While the sector has been ...

From history-making milestones to draft-dodging wombats, graphic novels have finally conquered the literary elite.

Is there an author more fêted and adored in Australia right now than Alexis Wright? In the two years since the publication of her fourth novel, Praiseworthy (2023), she has been garlanded with awards ...

Seeking to dismiss a judge for being passionate about a cause pertaining to the safety and liberation of her people reeks of a desperation to silence a critical voice Last week the State Library of ...

(Reuters) - Sri Lankan-born author Michelle de Kretser won Australia's top literature prize on Wednesday, awarded the Miles Franklin award for her novel "Questions of Travel" that follows two people ...

Two of the nation’s greatest champions of books and literature, The Australian newspaper and HarperCollins Australia, are determined to find out, announcing the creation of a new prize for Australian ...

Remembering Babylon was shortlisted for the Booker prize but none of his novels were made into films because, he said, ‘almost nothing happens’ ...

SYDNEY — A stateless Kurdish-Iranian asylum-seeker detained by the Australian government won the country’s highest-paying literary prize Thursday. But he could not attend the festivities to accept the ...