Books by Virginia Woolf, James Baldwin, Ottessa Moshfegh and more! Read more

Books by Melissa Lucashenko, Shaun Tan, Emily Rodda and more! Read more

We're celebrating 200 years since the birth of American poet Walt Whitman with these four beautiful poems... Read more

We remember the beloved Australian poet Les Murray, who has died at the age of 80. Read more

Award-winning poet, Mary Oliver, has died at age 83 Read more

The Victorian Premier's Literary Awards have announced the shortlists for 2019 Read more

The shortlist has been announced for this year’s Prime Minister’s Literary Awards. Read more

The widespread belief that American poet Sylvia Plath killed herself after Ted Hughes left her for another woman could be…well, false. Jonathan Bate, author of Ted Hughes: The Unauthorised Life, reveals in The Guardian that Plath’s suicide letter may have mentioned another man, one she was intimate with in the last months of her life. In countless biographies and Hollywood film adaptations, Syl... Read more

On another rainy weekend we thought we’d scour through the interwebs and find some of our favourite clips of readers in action. And don’t forget, we also have a huge collection of audiobooks in a range of formats to make life even easier. Read more

The Sydney Writer’s Festival remains one of the most anticipated events on the calender of book lovers everywhere. With new hands on deck and fresh new ideas, the 2013 installment has created a huge buzz and looks like one of the best yet. In keeping with new ideas, The City of Sydney’s cleansing trucks (formally known as garbage trucks) are being transformed into literary treasures this ... Read more