The verdict is in! Booklovers across Australia have crowned Brisbane author Trent Dalton’s Boy Swallows Universe as number one in the inaugural ABC Radio National Top 100 Books of the 21st ...

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

Like the wildfires and landslides of the western U.S., Australia's bush fires are a fact of life. Just because they've been around forever doesn't mean they aren't getting more severe, however. The ...

Stories about distinctive wildlife, Aboriginal mythology and idyllic Australian childhoods. By Natasha Frost The Australia Letter is a weekly newsletter from our Australia bureau. Sign up to get it by ...

The former Liberal prime minister says he wrote a new history book ‘to help contemporary Australians think better of ...

Journalist Rick Morton didn't want to write a book about Robodebt. Now that book, Mean Streak, has won the Prime Minister's Literary Award for non-fiction.

Annabel Crabb, Leigh Sales and Osher Gunsberg hit the red carpet for book industry’s night of nights. Paul Kelly paid tribute to the late and sorely missed Australian poet Les Murray, Osher Gunsberg ...

If you haven’t yet read these books, now is the time to catch up before awards night on May 2. Watch this space for our announcement of the winners! Author Jessica Townsend (pictured here with former ...

Stuart Glover has worked with a range of literary organisations. His previous membership of the Literature Board and his ongoing involvement with committees of the Australia Council mean that he has ...

What makes Australia relevant in the 21st century? It’s a question the Albanese government thinks about constantly and wants ...

Young readers in Australia now have the option to choose books instead of toys in their McDonald’s Happy Meals, but one health advocacy group down under isn’t lovin’ it. The Parents’ Jury, an ...