Malcolm Turnbull opens a new chapter on the PM's Literary Awards
JASON STEGER 12:15am Malcolm Turnbull will hand out tax-free prizes worth $600,000 at tonight's PM's Literary Awards ceremony. Australian crime author teams up with James Patterson
Leonie Thorne 4:36am Candice Fox received over 200 rejection letters in the first decade of her crime writing career. Honesty the best policy for Brisbane's 24-hour book shop
CAMERON ATFIELD Anybody who has spent time in the country would be familiar with the honesty system of buying fresh produce.
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From Bob Brown to recipes from asylum seekers and grieving the loss of a cat
Thuy On The not-so-hidden agenda in Bob Brown's glorious panoramas is helping the wilds and wildlife of Australia. Dictator by Robert Harris book review: Rome's fall retold in gory glory
Peter Craven If you're the kind of person who thrills at togas and legions and massacres, Dictator is going to be your chalice of poisoned wine. Richie Benaud: the face of reassuring continuity as he fostered the new
Daniel Herborn Two new collections flesh out Benaud's varied career. Books that changed me: Nicole Trilivas
Nicole Trilivas Elizabeth Gilbert taught me to get over myself and just write how I speak. Tony Park heads to Namibia in An Empty Coast
KAREN HARDY After more than 20 years in Africa Tony Park is still surprised by the country he has adopted as his home. Book review: Cara Carissima, by Geoff Page; Lakeland, by Maureen O'Shaughnessy
Reviewer: Peter Pierce By happy coincidence, two daring and experimental new narratives have recently been published. 
A year of reading wonderfully: What writers recommend for the holidays
As the season of gift-giving and relaxing days for reading looms we asked various Australian writers which books had made their mark in the past year. 
