DARK SECRETS: 2 - The Real Truth

A.D. Hope called a Patrick White novel ‘verbal sludge’. New books celebrate these literary rivals

A.D. Hope and Patrick White are towering figures of 20th-century Australian culture. Few cast larger literary shadows over the postwar period. White, with his dizzying, monumental novels and Nobel prize, holds pride of place. But Hope, as a critic, poet and academic, exercised a considerable influence over his generation. His…

The Conversation · Sep 30, 2025

Alexis Wright has revitalised Australian literature, but a new book by a ‘superfan’ overlooks an important aspect of her work

Is there an author more fêted and adored in Australia right now than Alexis Wright? In the two years since the publication of her fourth novel, Praiseworthy (2023), she has been garlanded with awards and ascended to new heights of international recognition, including entering the betting table last year as…

The Conversation · Sep 22, 2025

Factor drops the new Aluto straight into the path of the Ostro Gravel but is the Ostro 'aero enough' to not take customers straight to the Aluto?

Factor's Ostro Gravel is certainly more 'gravel-race', but how relevant can it remain if the Aluto might upstage it in so many other ways?

Cycling Weekly · Sep 18, 2025

Black Inc has asked authors to sign AI agreements. But why should writers help AI learn how to do their job?

Melbourne-based publisher Black Inc Books is seeking to partner with an unnamed AI company or companies and wants its authors to allow their work to be used to train artificial intelligence.

The Conversation · Mar 6, 2025

‘Sign our own death warrant’: Australian writers angry after Melbourne publisher asks them to sign AI agreements

Authors asked to allow Black Inc to use their work for ‘training, testing, validation and the deployment of a machine learning’ system

The Guardian - AU · Mar 4, 2025

WorldTour bikes 2025: our guide to the most awesome tech in the pro peloton

We run you through all the spectacular bikes and components in the WorldTour this year

Cycling Weekly · Feb 4, 2025

Women's WorldTour bikes and tech 2025: What are teams using this year?

Cannondale joins the women's WorldTour, whilst Pinarello and Orbea leave it. UAE Team ADQ lose their parmesan sponsor.

Cycling News · Dec 23, 2024

‘A final warning from God’: Lech Blaine’s memoir pits an average Australian family against an avenging archangel

They say everyone has a book inside them. Some people are unfortunate enough to have more than one.

The Conversation · Nov 8, 2024

Music memoirs, cooking classes and squatting at Kanye’s: the best Australian books out in November

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

The Guardian - AU · Nov 3, 2024

Australian Gospel: A Family Saga by Lech Blaine review – a sensational tale, skilfully told

Author’s compassion and progressive vision of family stand out in incredible saga charting the acrimonious relationship between two families

The Guardian - AU · Oct 31, 2024