Another win for Anna Funder's novel
Jason Steger 12:48am ANNA Funder has added another award to her growing collection of gongs for her debut novel, All That I Am.
Comic artists pursue the American dream
Daniel Ziffer A merry band of Australians go on a distant roadshow to promote their work.
Trust pushes for $50,000 Miles Franklin prize to be declared tax free
Susan Wyndham WHEN Patrick White won the first Miles Franklin Literary Award for his novel Voss in 1957, he said: ''I am going to buy a hi-fi set and a kitchen stove''.
Patrick White may even have agreed
Susan Wyndham When Patrick White won the first Miles Franklin Literary Award for his novel Voss in 1957, he said, 'I am going to buy a hi-fi set and a kitchen stove.'
What comes after losing the marriage plot
Gia Metherell Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jeffrey Eugenides - on his first visit to Canberra - pronounced himself quite at home in the city.
Science author warns of transit not to be missed
Amy McNeilage THE best-selling science author Dava Sobel was thankful the Sydney Writers' Festival invited her to talk about the Transit of Venus and not the future of publishing. Because, she joked, unlike the astronomical phenomena she is obsessed with, the movements of the literary world are unforeseeable.
Books that chaned me: Kirsty Eagar
Young-adult fiction author Kirty Eagar talks about her favourite books.
There but for the grace of mum
Samantha Selinger-Morris The intrinsic flaws of family relationships are unfurled in this lyrical page-turner.
How very French
Divine food, art and history — all things Gallic, Napoleon included, are dynamite in Melbourne, writes Patricia Maunder.
Floundering
Thornton McCamish Within just a few pages, it's clear that Romy Ash's tough, concentrated first novel means to break your heart.
The Dickens Dictionary: An A to Z of England's Greatest Novelist
Owen Richardson This is a tease in the best way and it doesn't take long to read, which allows you to get back all the faster to the books with which it deals.
Bookshop
Lucy Sussex On the shelf this week: The Chaperone, Alien Shores and The Great Animal Orchestra.
Scholars serious about Potter
ACADEMICS gathered in Scotland on Friday to discuss a range of important literary topics including the racial politics of goblins, the canonisation of Neville Longbottom, and Beedle the Bard as mythopoesis in the Chaucerian tradition. Welcome to Britain's first conference on Harry Potter.
Sex still sells - erotic lit's second coming
Brigid Delaney Australian publishers are desperate for hot sex - and willing to pay big bucks for it.
Dark arts
Marc McEvoy Australia's rising stars are exploring all things shadowy and dangerous through vivid prose and compelling characters.
Interview: Susan Johnson
Helen Greenwood My Hundred Lovers is a mock memoir of one woman's life told through her sensual experiences.
The rise and rise of Ziggy
Bernard Zuel Confidence - not ego - was the driving force behind David Bowie's breakthrough album.
Where the wimp rules
Linda Morris Jeff Kinney's journey from failed newspaper cartoonist to creator of the phenomenally successful Diary of a Wimpy Kid graphic novels reads like an American dream.
Under the white collars
Jose Borghino In a world where the most powerful people are no longer warriors or priests, but glorified pen-pushers, Gideon Haigh asks what is the history of the office.
Descent into madness
Chris Flynn 'There is no such thing as society.' So begins Irvine Welsh's much-anticipated prequel to his greatest success, Trainspotting.
Awards
Entries now open
The Age is inviting entries to its 2012 Book of the Year awards.
The Necklace
THE NECKLACE: you write Sydney's online novel
Contribute to the creation of an online crowd-sourced novel to be published over three weeks.
Sage-like story of shtetl wins award
Bram Presser's story based on his grandfather's life in a shtetl wins this year's Age short story award.
Video
King's Speech book unveiled
Grandson of Lionel Logue, King George VI's speech therapist, releases book of treasures which fills in the movie gaps.
'Borat' to play Iraqi dictator
Sacha Baron Cohen will portray an Iraqi dictator in a film based on a book believed to have been penned by Saddam Hussein.
Joe Jackson promotes conspiracy book
Joe Jackson hopes to uncover the conspiracy behind his son's death, helping promote a new book 'What Really Happened to Michael Jackson'.
Palin wins Gawker injunction
US federal judge orders Gawker Media to pull leaked pages of Sarah Palin's forthcoming book from its blog.
Former President Bush book tour
Former President George W. Bush has kicked off his book tour with a signing of his book, "Decision Points".
The evolution of the bogan
A new book argues that bogans have transformed into celebrity-mimicking racists.
President Obama pens children's book
A children's book authored by US President Barack Obama hit bookstores across the US on Tuesday.
Magazine under fire for plagiarism
Recipe author Monica Gaudio explains how she first learnt about the US cooking magazine Cooks Source's act of plagiarism.
Keith Richards launches autobiography
Keith Richards signs copies at London book launch.
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