This week in Aus Lit #9 – Reading Matters
The Readings New Australian Fiction Prize shortlist, a new one-day writers festival, plus upcoming events and new books to add to the pile!| Reading Matters
All the winners from this year's awards, plus photographs direct from the ceremony!| Reading Matters
The Readings New Australian Fiction Prize shortlist, a new one-day writers festival, plus upcoming events and new books to add to the pile!| Reading Matters
Non-fiction – paperback; Fitzcarraldo Editions; 80 pages; 2020. Translated from the French by Tanya Leslie Annie Ernaux’s A Man’s Place might only be 80 pages long, but it’s such …| Reading Matters
A Swedish journalist in Madrid is drawn into a dark web of confession, punishment and twisted morality in this bold and unforgettable novel.| Reading Matters
Told from the perspective of an accomplished actor, this novel looks at the roles we play on and off stage| Reading Matters
Award winners, acquisition news, longlist announcements and more in this week’s wrap up of Australian literature happenings.| Reading Matters
A true crime frenzy, a new lit festival for Sydney, and Melbourne’s oldest bookshop moves to a new home — plus lots more in this wrap up of all things Australian literature.| Reading Matters
Prize winners, shortlist announcements, new releases & lots more in this wrap up of all things Australian literature.| Reading Matters
Tragedy meets farce in this atmospheric romance set in America’s wild west| Reading Matters
A new weekly roundup of what’s happening in the world of Australian books and writing.| Reading Matters
The shortlist for the Western Australian Premier’s Book Awards has been unveiled.| Reading Matters
Book reviews of mainly modern & contemporary fiction| Reading Matters
Fiction – paperback; Text Publishing; 183 pages; 2024. Michelle de Kretser’s new book, Theory & Practice, includes a revealing quote that sheds light on its structure and style: An artist…| Reading Matters
Posts about 2025 Stella Prize written by kimbofo| Reading Matters
Non-fiction – paperback; Greenfinch; 352 pages; 2022. I love a good book list so no surprise that This is the Canon: Decolonize Your Bookshelf in 50 Books would appeal to me with its curated …| Reading Matters
Fiction – paperback; Allen & Unwin; 310 pages; 2024. Emily Maguire’s Rapture is the story of an “unmarriageable girl” in the 9th century who disguises herself as a man t…| Reading Matters
Fiction dominates the 2025 Stella Prize lonlgist which has just been announced at the Adelaide Festival. This prize for Australian women and non-binary writers is worth $60,000 to the winner| Reading Matters
A Year With Edna O’Brien | #EdnaObrien2025 Edna O’Brien (1930-2024) was a ground-breaking writer from County Clare who challenged social and religious conventions through her evocative storyt…| Reading Matters
Here are the books that left an impression on me this year, divided into Australian fiction, Australian non-fiction, and international titles.| Reading Matters
Fiction – paperback; Penguin Modern Classics; 192 pages; 1994. First published in 1974, James Baldwin’s If Beale Street Could Talk is set in Harlem in the 1970s. It is essentially a lov…| Reading Matters
Fiction – paperback; Penguin Modern Classics; 160 pages; 2001. I scarcely know how to describe that room. It became, in a way, every room I had ever been in and every room I find myself in he…| Reading Matters
Fiction – paperback; Magabala Books; 96 pages; 2023. I am partial to a verse novel (although I have only read a handful), so I was keen to read Ali Cobby Eckermann’s She is the Earth, …| Reading Matters
Strap yourselves in! This is going to be a long post… For the past three months, I lived with a secret. In late February, I was appointed a judge for the Western Australia Premier’s Boo…| Reading Matters
As many of you will know, I have recently relocated to Western Australia (WA) after almost 21 years of living in the UK. I am originally from Victoria, on the other side of the country, so even tho…| Reading Matters
