The Book Scene with the Sydney Morning Herald including - Are writers festivals moving away from writers and readers?
Classical pianist Simon Tedeschi on the books that changed him.
Daphne Guinness Joanna Rakoff's book 'A Fortunate Age' is a witty snapshot of graduates living with excesses of the '90s.
Thuy On The opening sentence of Susan Johnson's latest novel is a cheeky riff on the famous Pride and Prejudice introduction.
Thuy On Fans of Lee Child will be pleased to know the new Jack Reacher thriller (his 20th in the series) is as good as the others.
Book reviews
Reviewer: Michael Popple This week's pick of historical novels includes gangsters, spies and World War II.
Marc McEvoy Lucy Treloar's novel Salt Creek is a sad but deeply moving story about love and rejection.
Franzen's Book Bites
LINDA MORRIS Jonathan Franzen is back with a new book that steps beyond America's heartland to take on the new freedom fighters of the Internet.
Helen Elliott Miles Allinson is an artist who works as a bookseller. It turns out that he is also a writer, a very good one to judge by this, his first book.
Desmond O'Grady Roberto Saviano calls himself an addict for knowledge about cocaine and believes it is a greater threat than terrorism.
Candida Baker There are echoes in this satirical novel of Equus, Lord of the Flies, and of Ballard's High Rise. But there is a major difference – an emotional connection to the characters, which, sadly, is almost entirely missing.
Robert Gray The sublime is a term now usually used of landscape painting. Harold Bloom, treating literature under this category, has given us one of his better recent books.
Peter Craven Clive James is a staggering essayist and a critic of the highest distinction. Latest Readings is a book about the books he is reading now he knows his time is limited.
Cameron Woodhead Short reviews of new fiction by Will Eaves, Sarah Moss, Lee Child and Philippa Gregory
Andy Griffiths tops the bestseller lists at Australia's independent bookshops.
Jane Sullivan Are writers festivals moving away from their raison d'etre and devoting too much time to people other than writers and readers?
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