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UNCOVERED: Helen garner | History Defined

Origin fandom, Stan Grant and a candid Hollywood memoir

There's also new novels from Victoria Brownlee and Naomi Ishiguro.

The Canberra Times

When was the last time you just hung out with friends? (And I don’t mean a dinner booked two months in advance)

Long, unstructured hangouts are increasingly rare – and some young people aren’t experiencing them

The Guardian - AU

Zadie Smith: ‘I don’t know when I read men any more’

At a talk on her latest essay collection, Dead and Alive, Smith said she ‘sometimes’ reads male novelists, but more often seeks the wisdom of older female writers like Helen Garner

The Guardian - UK

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The 25 best Australian books of 2025

Just in time for last-minute gifts: Guardian Australia critics and staff pick out the best books of the year, featuring Helen Garner, Dominic Amerena, Evelyn Araluen and more

The Guardian - AU

Friday essay: racism, misogyny and culture wars: Zadie Smith and Anne Enright help us make sense of troubling times

Essay collections gather a writer’s thoughts over time and can be read as an oblique form of memoir, one in which the self is revealed through a series of conversations with the world.

The Conversation

State Library of Victoria scraps restructure plan after outrage from famous writers and public

Proposal to cut jobs and refocus on ‘digital experiences’ attracted ire of writers including Helen Garner and Nick Cave

The Guardian - AU

Morning Mail: who is behind Reform Australia, Helen Garner’s library outrage, images from Epstein’s island

Our reporters uncover the people behind a new rightwing protest group; author says changes to state library are a ‘disgrace to our city’

The Guardian - AU

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Helen Garner says State Library of Victoria turned into ‘party central’, with planned job cuts to ‘bring disgrace’ on Melbourne

Acclaimed author ‘sick’ about 171-year-old institution’s proposed restructure as hundreds of writers sign open letter in protest

The Guardian - AU

Should I care what Sarah Jessica Parker thinks about books?

She swept all before her at the Booker prize ceremony, but I’m running out of patience with celebrity influence in publishing, says Guardian columnist Emma Brockes

The Guardian - UK

‘Oh, the fog lying like a blanket over this sad town’: The Mushroom Tapes sees the humanity in an inhumane story

The Mushroom Tapes opens with a blunt refusal to accept a murder trial as spectator sport:

The Conversation

The Mushroom Tapes review – Erin Patterson through the eyes of Helen Garner, Chloe Hooper and Sarah Krasnostein

This account of what the three authors observed during Patterson’s triple murder trial does resemble a podcast transcript at times, but it is extremely readable

The Guardian - AU

Five Great Reads: interviews with Anthony Hopkins, Helen Garner and Paul McCartney

Guardian Australia’s weekend wrap of essential reads from the past seven days, selected by Imogen Dewey

The Guardian - AU

What went on in London this week: Katy Hessel's book launch and Adwoa Aboah's bag launch

Plus Gabbriette brings Mexico City to London

Evening Standard

‘Erin Patterson remains mysterious to me’: Helen Garner, Sarah Krasnostein and Chloe Hooper on the mushroom murders

Three of Australia’s most acclaimed writers have teamed up to write The Mushroom Tapes, about the weeks they spent at the triple-murder trial, picking apart lies, media ethics and evil

The Guardian - AU

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Morning Mail: Obama says future a ‘little brighter’, a rule change for cheaper homes, the chilling world of Roblox

Former US president hails Zohran Mamdani’s New York win as Maga world spews vitriol; our investigation reveals terrifying world of Roblox

The Guardian - AU

‘I’m never surprised when I read about a woman murdering a man’: Helen Garner on her Baillie Gifford prize-winning diaries

Her first book outraged Australian critics – but now she’s scooped the UK’s top nonfiction prize. She talks about female anger, becoming cool at 82 – and why winning made her feel like a stunned mullet

The Independent UK

Australia's Helen Garner wins Baillie Gifford nonfiction prize for her 'addictive' diaries

Helen Garner, an acclaimed Australian writer, has won the prestigious Baillie Gifford Prize for nonfiction

Evening Standard

'Recklessly candid' diary wins the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction

The winner is the first diary to have won the esteemed prize

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Helen Garner’s diaries win 2025 Baillie Gifford prize for nonfiction

Tracing the author’s life from bohemian Melbourne in the 70s to the breakdown of her marriage in the 90s, How to End a Story was praised by judges for ‘taking the diary form to new heights’

The Guardian - AU

Mushroom tapes, erotic Greek myths and joyful Thai cooking: the best Australian books out in November

Each month Guardian Australia editors and critics pick the upcoming titles they have devoured – or can’t wait to get their hands on

The Guardian - AU

Morning Mail: Gaza activists accuse Israel of brutality, cost of extreme weather soars, Australia’s porridge champion

Flotilla activists deported by Israel add to claims by Australians of mistreatment; Melbourne food stylist takes a prize at the Golden Spurtle

The Guardian - UK

Erin Patterson mushroom murders inspire new book by Helen Garner

Co-written with Chloe Hooper and Sarah Krasnostein, The Mushroom Tapes is inspired by their experience attending the headline-grabbing trial earlier this year

AAP

Mushroom murder books hit the shelves, with fresh takes

Books about Erin Patterson's sensational triple murder trial are being published, promising to reveal more about the poisoning case that fascinated the world.

The Guardian - UK

‘Horny wolves, eunuchs and pirates’ among Baillie Gifford prize shortlist subjects

Helen Garner and Richard Holmes among authors of nonfiction books that also encompass international terrorists and ‘ghastly literary men’

The Guardian - AU

Helen Garner and Dua Lipa’s interview caused a personal crisis. How can I be ‘quietly intelligent’?

There’s a way of thinking about traits such as intelligence as gifts, writes advice columnist Eleanor Gordon-Smith. The next step is figuring out how to share them

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