Books

In A Great Act of Love, the award-winning author interweaves a surprising chapter of Tasmanian history with the story of her ancestor who was transported to Van Diemen's Land in the 1800s.

This year, Sukhjit Kaur Khalsa earned an Order of Australia medal and published her first book, Fully Sikh, all while running an indie theatre in Perth.

Hungarian British author David Szalay bests past winner Kiran Desai and former shortlistee Andrew Miller to win the prestigious Booker Prize for his sixth book, the "extraordinary, singular" Flesh.

After reading Die My Love in book club, Martin Scorsese knew it had to be made into a film. Now it's rewriting cinema's portrayal of womanhood and postpartum depression.

When boys write their own comics, they are bound to be full of fart jokes, stinky-eyed butt dragons and lots of crazy superpowers. 

After being featured in Dua Lipa's book club and the SATC spin-off, Helen Garner has won the Baillie Gifford Prize for non-fiction for her collected diaries, How to End a Story.

'Spiky characters' and 'luminous writing': Here's what we thought of the prestigious literary award's 2025 shortlist, the first with Sarah Jessica Parker as judge.

George Orwell's Animal Farm is being used to help high schoolers identify how AI can be used to influence opinion, build power and shape narratives.

Former US vice-president Kamala Harris reveals she is contemplating another run for the presidency and says she was "reckless" to not stop Joe Biden from pursuing a second term.

How will the work of biographers change as letters, diaries and photographs are replaced by emails, texts and snapshots on the cloud?

Wondering what to read? This month's best books include the latest from Jane Harper, Bri Lee and Booker Prize winner Kiran Desai.

There are many factors that can determine the monetary value of a book, so what can make an edition worth tens of thousands of dollars?

A woman who bought a copy of The Hobbit from an op shop in the 1990s says even then she suspected it could be worth a considerable amount — experts now say she could be sitting on a first edition copy, worth tens of thousands.

The late Virginia Giuffre's memoir details how she became involved in the shadowy world of notorious sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, which led to her abuse at the hands of some of the world's "wealthiest and most powerful" people.

How wonderful for Australian writers to receive this recognition from the very people who consume their work, as part of ABC Radio National's Top 100 Books countdown.

The winner for the Top 100 Books has been announced. What do the votes behind it say about us?

The results are in — Trent Dalton's Boy Swallows Universe has won Radio National's inaugural Top 100 Books of the 21st Century.

Trent Dalton's debut novel Boy Swallows Universe has won Radio National's Top 100 Books of the 21st Century countdown.

Robbie Arnott's Dusk about twins hunting a puma in Tasmania, and Tasma Walton's I Am Nannertgarrook about an Aboriginal woman kidnapped and sold into slavery, have tied to win the ARA Historical Novel Prize.

Extracts from Virginia Giuffre's posthumously released memoir have further intensified the recently renewed scrutiny on Prince Andrew.