Casa do Careiro ‘For all the struggles that come with queerness, there is also this magical aspect, in that, I have a built-in family and community wherever I go. This was particularly true in this project. I did not set… Read More »Great transformations: queer identities in the Amazon – in pictures
Frank Moorhouse, the celebrated Australian author and essayist best known for the Edith trilogy, has died at the age of 83. His publisher, Penguin Random House, confirmed on Sunday that he had died that morning at a hospital in Sydney.… Read More »Frank Moorhouse, Australian author and essayist, dies aged 83
A self-published book has been shortlisted for the Miles Franklin for the first time in the award’s 65-year history, with Michael Winkler’s cult hit Grimmish clearing the final hurdle before Australia’s most prestigious literary prize is announced on 20 July.… Read More »Miles Franklin 2022: shortlist revealed for Australia’s prestigious literary prize
Robertson is a small, pretty town perched on the edge of the New South Wales southern highlands, almost teetering on the escarpment that falls away to the Illawarra and Shoalhaven coasts. It is most famous as the home of The… Read More »The small town with a big potato that inspired a global poetry win
The publisher of John Hughes’ 2021 book The Dogs has said her trust has been breached by the author, after the novel was found to contain sections that were nearly identical to extracts from the Great Gatsby, Anna Karenina and… Read More »‘Trust breached’: publisher distances herself from author John Hughes amid plagiarism claims
The Australian novelist John Hughes, who last week admitted to “unintentionally” plagiarising parts of a Nobel laureate’s novel, appears to have also copied without acknowledgment parts of The Great Gatsby, Anna Karenina and other classic texts in his new book… Read More »Parts of John Hughes’ novel The Dogs copied from The Great Gatsby and Anna Karenina
Australia’s most prestigious books prize, the Miles Franklin literary award, has pulled The Dogs by John Hughes from its 2022 longlist, a day after Hughes apologised for plagiarising parts of the work of a Nobel laureate “without realising” in his… Read More »Miles Franklin prize removes novel from longlist after author apologises for plagiarism
First Nations writers and female authors have dominated the 2022 Australian Book Industry Association’s (Abia) annual awards, with a debut novel by one of the nation’s most promising young writers taking out top honours. Diana Reid’s Love & Virtue won… Read More »‘Unflinching’ debut written ‘for something to do’ during lockdown wins top book prize
The Australian author John Hughes has apologised for unintentionally plagiarising parts of a Nobel laureate’s work after a Guardian Australia investigation found multiple similarities and some identical instances in his new novel, The Dogs, which has been nominated for Australia’s… Read More »Miles Franklin-nominated novelist apologises for plagiarising Nobel laureate ‘without realising’
China’s education ministry has ordered a state-owned publisher to rectify a school textbook that went viral owing to what social media users described as “tragically ugly” and inappropriate depictions of children. The mathematics books published by the People’s Education Press… Read More »‘Tragically ugly’ school textbook causes social media outcry in China