We all know it’s a dog’s life, which Gucci is living as the star of this quirky and thought-provoking canine tale.
This week’s Poet’s Corner features a pair of bird-inspired poems from Patrick O’Donohue.
Shannon Burns’ memoir about his dysfunctional and disadvantaged childhood growing up in Adelaide’s northern suburbs has won the $25,000 top prize in the 2024 South Australian Literary Awards.
This week, Poet’s Corner features a further contribution from arts journalist, commentator and poet Phil Brown.
As he prepares for retirement this month, State Library of South Australia director Geoff Strempel outlines how he and his team have positioned the iconic North Terrace library for the 21st century and beyond.
Adelaide author Heather Taylor-Johnson tells the story of her mother’s turbulent upbringing in a surprising new work of autofiction.
This week’s poet’s Corner contribution comes from T.A.R. Wallace.
Brisbane author and father Kari Gislason has a talent for mining his past, with his latest memoir very much a book written for his sons.
Lee Mylne’s Solo Travel For Dummies is an entertaining and practical guide to going it alone all over the world
This week’s Poet’s Corner features a further contribution from Warren Cox.
Alexis Wright has won the Miles Franklin Literary Award for the second time, with the judges saying her epic novel Praiseworthy ‘redraws the map of Australian literature and expands the possibilities of fiction’.
Adelaide science writer’s Lauren Fuge’s poetic and sometimes alarming account of her voyage to far-flung corners of the globe – with its accompanying call to action – is one of three books recommended by our columnist this month.
This week’s Poet’s Corner contribution comes from Warren Cox as he recalls a life-changing encounter at an outback dance almost six decades ago.
Internationally celebrated Adelaide playwright Finegan Kruckemeyer brings his distinctive meld of wit, wisdom and whimsy to literary fiction with his debut novel – a potent modern fable of love, grief, community and the enduring power of story.
This week’s Poet’s Corner features a third poem penned by Jena Woodhouse during a residency in the French commune of Marnay-sur-Seine.
John Büsst was ahead of his time in his efforts to save the environment and the Great Barrier Reef, as a new book explains
SA writer Fiona McIntosh is rapt to be joining the Bruna Papandrea club with her novel The Pearl Thief to be turned into a film, but reveals she almost missed connecting with the Hollywood producer after ignoring a stranger’s voicemail.
This week’s Poet’s Corner features a further contribution from Jena Woodhouse.
Alex Frayne’s Distance and Desire is a tome of visual poetry capturing the vastness and diversity of the South Australian landscape – from red-dirt scrub, long country roads and forgotten towns, to suburban back streets and windswept coastlines.
A new South Australian literary journal is calling for writer submissions. Its editor – Farrin Foster – lays out its aspiration to bridge the gap between SA and the national and international literary industry.
Patrick Holland grew up in Outback Queensland but his latest novel is set among the glittering towers of the Far East.
Divorce and midlife breakdowns are key themes across two memoirs and a speculative novel reviewed by our books columnist this month. She also casts her eyes over the Miles Franklin Literary Award’s eclectic 2024 shortlist.
An historic Adelaide location and time brings back childhood memories for Ros Schulz in this week’s Poet’s Corner.
This week’s Poet’s Corner contribution is from Glenn McPherson.
Why fly to Europe when you can catch a few trains and it will only take you 89 days? If you’re lucky
This week’s Poet’s Corner features a further two poems from Tarla Kramer in South Australia’s Ikara-Flinders Ranges.
This week’s Poet’s Corner contributions are from Tarla Kramer in South Australia’s Ikara-Flinders Ranges.
This month’s recommended reads include a pair of candid Australian memoirs, a fascinating look at how class affects relationships, and journalist Nick Bryant’s new book arguing that Donald Trump is not an anomaly, but a product of America’s past.
The synergy of the breakfast table and a crossword puzzle is the subject of this Poet’s Corner contribution from Peter Penn.
Victoria Purman brings the golden age of radio to the page in this enchanting historical novel that shines a light on women’s lives at a critical moment in the history of Australian broadcasting.