Indigenous affairs: Tiwi Islands children learn books are as thrilling as AFL
SUSAN WYNDHAM 2:23am It was a big week for books in the Tiwi Islands near Darwin, where young people dream of AFL rather than writing. Review: Interesting Enough ... the Life of Tom Keneally
Peter Craven How a failed seminarian became a Booker-winning author. Bookshop: Shakespeare reworked and shaken and a picture book trip round the world
Thuy On What to buy in your local bookshop. Book reviews: Rain Music, Swimming Home, The Gilded Life of Matilda Duplaine
KAREN HARDY Karen Hardy reviews novels by Di Morrissey, Mary-Rose MacColl and Alex Brunkhorst. Who are the top 10 Australian wicketkeepers of all time?
MALCOLM KNOX The Australian Test cricket team has had 45 captains but only 33 wicket keepers. Here is Malcolm Knox's top 10 Australian keepers of all time. Why Andy Griffiths and Jeff Kinney are the rock stars of children's literature
ANDREW TAYLOR Andy Griffiths and Jeff Kinney share the same stage in a one-day only treat for young fans. Review
Interestingly Enough...by Stephany Evans Steggall: the life of Tom Keneally
Peter Pierce There are many rich pickings in Interestingly Enough. Review
Crime fiction: The Big Whatever by Peter Doyle and Before it Breaks by Dave Warner
The sunny side of the dark underworld. Pierre Lemaitre on how a crime novelist won France's greatest literary prize
PHILIPPA HAWKER Pierre Lemaitre has won many awards for his crime fiction, but the Prix Goncourt, whose winners include Marcel Proust, Michel Tournier and Marguerite Duras, is a prize of a very different kind. "It's an exceptional moment for every writer who wins but particularly for me." With friends like these, who needs enemas?
David Astle False friends are legion when it comes to language. Then there's the question of real friends, who could well be more false than real. The Work of the Dead review: How we deal with bodies after life has ended
Gregory Day There are many fascinating and frankly comical human behaviours at the heart of The Work of the Dead, Thomas Laqueur's cultural history of mortal remains. Bookmarks: News and views from the book world
JASON STEGER The colouring-in craze gets a new look; a sports writing festival makes its debut, and the Richell Prize winner. Please Don't Leave Me Here review: the problem lies with the marketing
Dianne Dempsey In Please Don't Leave Me Here the prime suspect is 34-year-old Brigitte, a mother of three-year-old twins who is married to a detective and living in Melbourne. The story opens in 2008 when a cold case is re-opened and investigated by Brigitte's husband. Book review
Splinter the Silence review: Val McDermid observes violence against women
Jeff Popple An enjoyable psychological police thriller that will satisfy McDermid fans. Book review
Banksia Lady review: Carolyn Landon paints a fine picture of Celia Rosser
Book review
Sidney Nolan: A life review - Nancy Underhill creates an invaluable insight
Sasha Grishin This is invaluable and provides a very rich quarry of materials for any serious Sidney Nolan scholar. Literary news
Litbits: Maxine Beneba Clarke will run a workshop in Canberra
RON CERABONA Details of what is on in Canberra and region's literary scene. Lunch with Kerry O'Brien
Kerry O'Brien: I wish I'd invited Bette Midler to dinner
KARL QUINN Kerry O'Brien took 70 years to get around to writing his first book. He tells Karl Quinn he hopes the second comes a little faster, and less painfully. Penguin Random House boss Gabrielle Coyne in surprise exit from publishing giant
JASON STEGER The boss of the newly merged Penguin and Random House publishing company has left in a move that has surprised authors and fellow publishers. 
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