Prize-winning poet writes her first novel and other book reviews in the Sydney Morning Herald

Bookshop: Women of Letters goes global

Thuy On Women of Letters celebrates its fifth year with an international edition – and even men are invited.

Review: The First Bad Man by Miranda July

Owen Richardson Miranda July's first novel is daring in ways her fans may not expect.

Review: One life - Kate Grenville inhabits her mother's life and times

Eleanor Limprecht Kate Grenville's biography of her mother leaves the reader wanting more.

Books that changed me: S.J. Watson

Prize-winning crime writer S.J. Watson on the books that shaped his life.

Without my Mum: How to overcome the utter grief of losing your mother

EMMA MACDONALD Leigh Van Der Horst thought she may never recover from her loss, but instead, she reached out to motherless mothers across the world to heal her sorrow.

Smith Henderson: Fourth of July Creek delves deep into American psyche

KAREN HARDY The debut author gives notions about America a shake up in his debut novel.

Book reviews: The Truth and Other Lies, The A to Z of You and Me, Vigilante

Reviewer: Karen Hardy A selection of fiction books are reviewed.

Lisa Gorton: Prize-winning poet writes her first novel

Jane Sullivan Prize-winning poet and children's novelist Lisa Gorton's first adult novel has echoes of Patrick White in its prose.

Tilting at Windmills review: A brief history of Australian literary magazines