A court has been given an update on the case involving a grandmother facing child exploitation charges, who is linked to author Craig Silvey’s own court case.
Emma Kirk
New York Times bestselling author Sarah Wilson will appear at the Margaret River Readers & Writers Festival in May, bringing her latest work and a series of discussions on global challenges to the South West.
Madelin Hayes
From medical drug dependency to being cancelled (a lot), here are all the revelations from the Girls star’s forensic memoir, Famesick
Eleanor Halls
Malouf made an important contribution to Australian literature across fiction, non-fiction, poetry, libretti and plays.
Peta Rasdien
Australia has lost one of its greatest literary voices with the death of award-winning author, poet and essayist David Malouf, who has been remembered as a “giant” of the literary scene.
Blake Antrobus and Emma Kirk
A university publishing house has cancelled a children's book, saying the illustrator's past comments breached its anti-Semitism policy.
Lloyd Jones
Albany’s favourite historian Malcolm Traill is marking the city’s bicentenary in his new book, called simply South.
Claire Middleton
Aussie household name Shaun Micallef will head to WA’s South West for the first time next month, bringing his trademark wit to the Margaret River Readers & Writers Festival.
The estranged husband of convicted mushroom killer Erin Patterson is set to release a tell-all memoir about their life together.
Emma Kirk and Liam Beatty
The estranged husband of triple murderer Erin Patterson is preparing to break his silence in a tell-all memoir set for release this year.
Troy de Ruyter
Conservation legend Bob Brown is sharing his story of defiance, hope and empathy at Margaret River’s upcoming Readers and Writers festival.
Craig Duncan
Inspirational South West author Joel Whitwell sharing his latest story at Margaret River author talk.
The question of whether audiobooks count as reading is about to get more complicated thanks to a feature from a major tech firm.
Jennifer Dudley-Nicholson
A grandmother has been charged with producing and distributing child exploitation material in connection with an acclaimed author.
Tracy Kidder, the Pulitzer Prize-winning narrative non-fiction author, has died from lung cancer aged 80.
R J Rico
One of the largest publishers in the world has pulled a hotly-anticipated horror novel from publication due to fears that large segments of the book were written by AI.
Amy Cavender
If you’ve ever had the urge to delve into the grungy side of 1990s Tokyo through the eyes of four crime-bound women, Mieko Kawakami’s new novel might be the one for you.
Eloise Budimlich
British author Len Deighton, best known for his influential spy novels, has died at the age of 97.
Jill Lawless
A 68-year-old grandma linked to a celebrated author’s child abuse material charges has been identified.
An empathetic, unsparing memoir of her artistic heyday as bass player for Hole and Smashing Pumpkins in the 90s is Auf der Maur’s way of jump-starting her next chapter.
Melena Ryzik and Lucia Bell-Epstein
Jurgen Habermas, whose work on communication, rationality and sociology made him one of the world's most influential philosophers, has died.
Staff Writers
How far would a friendless woman in her 30s go to finally secure the bestie-level connection she’s craved since high school.
It’s quite a tale and it spans six generations, two World Wars and two continents.
Amy Ullrich is a talented young artist who paints the landscapes around Albany in watercolours.
