Books

Lucashenko’s work is a powerful response to the entrenched racism that still shapes Australian culture. This year, her sixth novel wins Miles Franklin Award

There is no shortage of women’s voices in the literary world right now and we’re recommending four books from four, stellar female writers.

Fake is a startling true story of Stephanie Wood falling in love with a man called Joe who wasn’t an architect or sheep farmer but a con artist & fantasist.

Four years of intensive journalistic investigation have produced See What You Made Me Do, a book by Jess Hill about power, control & abuse.

I approached “The Moment of Lift: How Empowering Women Changes the World”, Melinda Gates new memoir/ manifesto, with a bit of trepidation.

Despite a rise in feminist-themed books for children, picture books remain highly gendered overall, writes Sarah Mokrzycki.

In her memoir Breaking Badly published by Affirm Press Georgie Dent explores how she suffered a nervous breakdown at age 25 and rebuilt her life.

Vicki Laveau-Harvie has won the $50,000 Stella Prize for her sharp, darkly funny memoir The Erratics.

In moments of darkness and despair, little dreams saved my little boys and me from sliding further down the black hole of inaction

Louise Cummins’ new picture book, A Different Kind of Brilliant, aims to help children and families understand what autism is.

The Stella Prize, a major literary award celebrating women’s fiction and non-fiction writing in Australia has announced its longlist for 2019.