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Top Australian writers urge Albanese to abolish Job-Ready Graduates, calling their humanities degrees life changing

“Earning a humanities degree was not only life changing, in terms of opening up a world of knowledge otherwise beyond my reach, it also turns out to have been enormously productive – for me and many, many people around me,” said Tim Winton this week. “My little arts degree has…

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Tim Winton among 100 high-profile Australians calling for university fees that don’t ‘punish’ arts students

Open letter urges Labor to reverse JRG scheme, introduced by Coalition in 2021, as cost of humanities degrees reaches more than $50,000

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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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Conclave director signs Brad Pitt for long-awaited adaptation of The Riders

Edward Berger will helm the Ridley Scott-produced screen version of the 1994 novel by Tim Winton, which has been in development in various incarnations for 25 years

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Aussie Authors ‘Fucking Livid’ After Meta Used A Pirating Site To Train Its AI With Their Books

Another big w for AI at the expense of everything else :melting_face:

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If you only read one book this year … make it this one!

From dystopian Australian cli-fi to essential essays about Black Britain and Jack Reacher’s thrilling debut – authors, critics and booksellers all have a single recommendation

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Tim Winton: Labor hasn’t delivered on more effective nature laws. It’s not just embarrassing, it’s calamitous

As Ningaloo reef bleaches and an election looms, we must look to those who stand in the way of our safety – the small cohort of people profiting from fossil fuels, and the politicians who protect them

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The 25 best Australian books of 2024: Helen Garner, Tim Winton, Nam Le and more

Just in time for your Christmas shopping: Guardian Australia’s critics and staff pick out the best of the best

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Five of the best science fiction books of 2024

From a post-apocalyptic dystopia to a brilliant time-travel debut, a far-future take on humanity and more

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Australian authors group give every federal politician five books to encourage nuance in Middle East debate

Exclusive: Group of more than 90 including writers Tim Winton and Charlotte Wood have paid for every federal senator and MP to receive curated package

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Juice by Tim Winton review – eloquent cry of a climate vigilante

This sci-fi tale of avengers hunting polluters in a scorched Australian dystopia serves as an essential call to arms over global heating

The Guardian - UK

Juice by Tim Winton review – life after the apocalypse

Set centuries from now, this gripping tale of retribution against the corporations who fuelled climate breakdown has echoes of Cormac McCarthy

The Guardian - UK

What's got Tim Winton hot under the collar?

Only time will tell if his new novel is closer to fact or fiction.

Newcastle Herald

Juice by Tim Winton review – a beautiful story of a horrifying future

The author has simultaneously written a love letter to Australia and hate mail to those who lay waste to the Earth. Read it and weep

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Five Great Reads: Amyl and the Sniffers, Tim Winton, and meeting the twin you never knew you had

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

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‘Urgent’, ‘stunningly written’, ‘a feat of imagination’: 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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Morning Mail: US seeks to contain Middle East conflict, Liberal apology for history book, and the pain behind Tim Winton’s new novel

Israeli soldiers killed in Lebanon as US president says he won’t back strikes on nuclear sites

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Tim Winton: ‘I lived in the worst possible space for seven years. It knocks some paint off you, I can tell you’

After years of wrestling with difficult subject matter in secrecy, the Australian novelist talks about the grim future he has imagined for his latest novel, and how it can be avoided

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Tim Winton goes cli-fi – his dystopian novel Juice breaks new ground to face the climate emergency

When I got my first job in publishing in New York City, the managing editor offered me the following advice about reading the slush pile for potential new acquisitions: “Imagine you acquire the manuscript and publish the book. Now, can you think of five people you would recommend this book…

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Morning Mail: Jim Chalmers to confirm big budget surplus, Israel launches Yemen strikes, Tim Winton writes of our shared anguish

Treasurer points to lower spending; Israel shows no signs of de-escalation in new wave of strikes

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'Feast of fiction': spring renewal for Canberra Writers Festival

This year's festival has more fiction than politics.

Newcastle Herald

She has sold an estimated 40 million books.

Newcastle Herald

Award-winning author Tim Winton coming to Newcastle

He will talk about his latest novel at the Newcastle Writers Festival event.

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Laura Jones wins the 2024 Archibald Prize with a portrait of Tim Winton, part of a grand artistic tradition

In awarding this year’s Archibald Prize to Laura Jones’ portrait of the writer Tim Winton, the Trustees of the Art Gallery of New South Wales are doing what they do best: catapulting a relatively unknown artist to instant fame and possible fortune.

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Archibald prize 2024: Laura Jones wins $100,000 for portrait of Tim Winton

Decision announced at the Art Gallery of NSW, where all finalists will be exhibited to the public from Saturday

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