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Who’ll win the election? The clues are there if you can spot them
Some voters rely on exit polls, but David Astle sees election results in crossword clues.
- by David Astle
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Why’s everyone hopping mad about kangaroo courts?
A Libs back-and-forth over a federal ICAC reignited interest in the term “kangaroo court”. Where does it come from?
- by David Astle
Brilliant debut novel lifts the lid on a little understood community
Ashley Goldberg’s first novel examines the clash between religious and secular worlds in contemporary Australia.
- by Adam Rivett
Kylie Moore-Gilbert reclaims her life with startling Iranian prison memoir
Surviving 804 days in prison on trumped-up charges and writing this book is proof that the best revenge is living well.
- by Juliette Hughes
To the man who gave me the book that changed my life, thank you
Bestselling author Morris Gleitzman wishes he had written this letter earlier, but here it is at long last.
- by Morris Gleitzman
Sleeper graphic novel wins best book in NSW Premier’s Literary Awards
Safdar Ahmed’s Still Alive: Notes from Australia’s Immigration Detention System, details the psychological toll on refugees inside Australia’s system of mandatory and indefinite detention.
- by Linda Morris
A touching gesture to the power of empathy
Runaways, a dual narrative memoir, is a good starting point for newcomers to the complexities of feminism and race but offers little to those already deeply immersed.
- by Giselle Au-Nhien Nguyen
‘I could no longer even understand the person I was before’: The trip that changed a novelist’s life
Seven years ago, Claire G. Coleman says, her life was irrevocably changed.
- by Claire G. Coleman
Our culture of screaming at each other is making us dumber, crueller and more depressed
Bestselling author Johann Hari says changing your mind isn’t a humiliation - it’s a gift.
- by Johann Hari
The migrant experience - survivor guilt and a variety of humiliations
In her debut collection of essays, Turkish-Australian writer Eda Gunaydin examines the repercussions of starting new lives far from home
- by Declan Fry
Why Australia is on the brink of losing a generation of authors
Prize-winning Australian authors are struggling to make ends meet, and the lack of support available could limit who gets to tell Australian stories.
- by Meg Watson