AustLit

'Lockdown forced the Australian author to contemplate both his interior life and the big picture. The result is 7½, a work of autofiction that ‘just poured out’'

'The series transports viewers to a place of beauty – as its star-studded ensemble casts treks a dark path to health' 

'In the 1960s she would have been celebrated by the counterculture – but a decade earlier, Rosaleen Norton was shunned and mocked.'

'Life in my 20s was a whirlwind of McJobs, casual sex, insane crushes, share houses, and intense friendships. I was trying to start a career, trying to write the great Australian novel, always poor, making bad choices while drunk, and somehow had hours and hours in the middle of the day, in the middle of the week, to just … hang out.' (Introduction)

.As I saw the people vs the pollies vs the press I realised no one controls the narrative any more.'

'The thought of killing, particularly poisoning, an animal seems incredibly cruel. But it’s different for rodents,'

'I’m driving up a corrugated red dirt track, hours from Broome, with two architects and three builders, into a remote part of the Kimberley. We are visiting a traditional owner, Bruno Dann, to help build him a shed. The Nyul Nyul elder won his native title claim recently, and it means he can finally build on his land.'  (Introduction)

'I learn about the future on a mysterious retreat but it’s what happens after that throws me.' (Introduction)

'When I checked into the hotel, the ‘writing desk’ – the epicentre of my endeavour – was sawn in half. But that was not all.'

'Australia’s government tries to stop stories from being told but a new wave of authors are rallying against injustice.'

'As society shifts towards talking more openly about mental illness, readers are hungry for answers and authenticity.' (Introduction)

'When two of Australia’s most acclaimed authors spoke at writers’ week, Brigid Delaney was there. Here are some of the best parts of their talk.'

'Reading Wednesdays with Bob, the latest biography of former prime minister of Australia and Labor party heavyweight Bob Hawke, written with Derek Rielly, is a total joy, but it is also an exercise in mourning.' (Introduction)

'Children of Australia’s long boom – who travel the world only to complain about lack of good coffee, who signal virtue by retweeting an asylum seeker story, who couldn’t imagine living in a house with only one bathroom, who are “really into food” – may find Michelle de Kretser’s new book an uncomfortable read.'(Introduction)

'The prolific writer and commentator talks about his second cancer diagnosis and rethinking his relationship with hospitals and his own body.'

'Ahead of the release of a documentary about her life, the doyenne of the Australian arts reflects on going blind and life with artist Charles Blackman.'