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Shaken staff and an author exodus: how a picture book plunged an acclaimed Australian publisher into a crisis over antisemitism

The cancellation of Jazz Money’s children’s book Bila, A River Cycle over comments by the book’s illustrator, Matt Chun, has led to the publisher’s potential collapse

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Five Great Reads: Siri Hustvedt looks into death’s abyss, Melissa Lucashenko on ‘white man’s fantasy’, and why we need the tooth fairy

Five Great Reads: Siri Hustvedt looks into death’s abyss, Melissa Lucashenko on ‘white man’s fantasy’, and why we need the tooth fairy

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

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University of Queensland Press cancels children’s book over illustrator’s post on ‘Zionist framing’ of Bondi attack

University of Queensland Press cancels children’s book over illustrator’s post on ‘Zionist framing’ of Bondi attack

Authors including Evelyn Araluen and Melissa Lucashenko say they won’t work with publisher after it dumps Jazz Money’s book illustrated by Matt Chun, who called Bondi victims ‘affluent beneficiaries of imperialism’

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The ABC’s Top 100 books poll lacks diversity. Here are my 10 First Nations ‘books of the 21st century’

More than 280,000 people have voted for the Top 100 Books of the 21st Century in a Radio National poll, with Trent Dalton’s Boy Swallows Universe taking the top spot. The vote considered books by Australian and overseas authors (fiction and non-fiction), with four of the top 10 and 26…

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Miles Franklin 2025: Siang Lu’s Ghost Cities is a haunting comedy about tyranny. Is it the funniest winner ever?

The Miles Franklin judges described Siang Lu’s Ghost Cities, winner of the 2025 award, as “a grand farce and a haunting meditation on diaspora”. To my mind, it is perhaps the funniest novel ever to have won the Miles Franklin. In the last decade, its closest competitor would be Melissa…

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New research reveals Australian authors say no to AI using their work – even if money is on the table

When it was revealed that Meta had used a dataset of pirated books to train its latest AI model, Llama, Australian authors were furious. Works by writers including Liane Moriarty, Tim Winton, Melissa Lucashenko, Christos Tsiolkas and many others had been scraped from the online shadow library LibGen without permission.

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Melissa Lucashenko reveals she is giving away her prize money after winning another $40,000

Author of sweeping historical novel Edenglassie continues run of wins with Mark and Evette Moran Nib award

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Melissa Lucashenko’s novel Edenglassie wins $150,000 in book prizes in just 24 hours

Melissa Lucashenko’s novel Edenglassie wins $150,000 in book prizes in just 24 hours

First Nations writer’s work, which has now won seven awards, praised by judges as ‘fiercely original exploration of Australia’s past and its enduring consequences’

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First Nations stories win big at Qld Literary Awards

First Nations stories win big at Qld Literary Awards

Bundjalung author Melissa Lucashenko has won the top gong at the Queensland Literary Awards for her novel Edenglassie.

Melissa Lucashenko wins $30,000 prize for novel that ‘elevates our understanding of Queensland’s soul’

Melissa Lucashenko wins $30,000 prize for novel that ‘elevates our understanding of Queensland’s soul’

Edenglassie, about the colonisation of the place now called Brisbane, has won the highest accolade at the state’s 2024 literary awards

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'Reflect, listen and learn': Melissa Lucashenko busts colonial myths and highlights Indigenous heroes

'Reflect, listen and learn': Melissa Lucashenko busts colonial myths and highlights Indigenous heroes

This article mentions ongoing colonial violence towards Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

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Melissa Lucashenko on turning herself inside out: ‘I have no idea how the hell I managed to write that book’

Melissa Lucashenko on turning herself inside out: ‘I have no idea how the hell I managed to write that book’

A new novel by the Miles Franklin winner is always an event and her latest arrives at a tumultuous time in history

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Edenglassie by Melissa Lucashenko review – Miles Franklin winner slices open Australia’s past and present

Edenglassie by Melissa Lucashenko review – Miles Franklin winner slices open Australia’s past and present

The latest novel from the author of Too Much Lip splits its time between the 1800s and 2024 and provides a masterclass in humour, flair and generosity

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‘Ballsy’, ‘very funny’, ‘read in one sitting’: the best Australian books out in October

‘Ballsy’, ‘very funny’, ‘read in one sitting’: the best Australian books out in October

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

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Indigenous crime fiction is rare, but in Madukka the River Serpent systemic violence and connection to Country are explored

There is something familiar about Aunty June, the protagonist of Julie Janson’s Madukka the River Serpent.

Five memorable trees in books we love, from The Magic Faraway Tree to Too Much Lip

Trees – majestic, mysterious and, as we are beginning to understand, wonderfully sophisticated and complex – play a powerful role in the stories we tell.

Dreaming Inside poetry provides window on the thoughts of Indigenous men in jail

Over the past decade, Aunty Barbara Nicholson has made the journey to Junee Correctional Centre more than 300 times. She hopes that by helping inmates explore their ideas through poetry, she's changing things from the inside.

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First Nations poet Evelyn Araluen wins the 2022 Stella Prize with a 'wild ride' skewering colonial mythologies

First Nations poet Evelyn Araluen has won the 10th annual Stella Prize with a debut poetry collection that confronts the cultural evasions of an unreconciled Australia with a tender fury.

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Stella Prize won by young First Nations poet Evelyn Araluen for her provocative debut collection Dropbear

For its 10th anniversary, the Stella Prize has been won by young First Nations poet Evelyn Araluen — in the first year that poetry has been eligible.

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‘Surprised and delighted’: poetry dominates Stella prize shortlist after change in rules

Three collections are up for the $50,000 Australian literary prize for women and non-binary writers, alongside a graphic novel, an essay and one novel

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Tamil asylum seeker 'thrilled' to pursue dream of becoming a doctor at ANU

The Australian National University celebrated academic achievements at graduation ceremonies this week.

Looking for good books to read in 2022? Here are some tips from renowned Australian authors

We asked some of Australia's favourite authors to find out what they've been reading. The result is an eclectic list with something for everyone — even the kids.

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