Nicola Heath

In Exquisite Corpse, award-winning Australian author Marija Peričić gives voice to the women caught up in a man's macabre obsession with a dead patient.

Mikhail Bulgakov's The Master and Margarita is notoriously difficult to adapt. But that hasn't stopped one Sydney theatre company staging a new production of the Russian literary masterpiece.

Her novella, Cold Enough for Snow, has seen the Melbourne author win the Prime Minister's Literary Award for fiction, while journalist-turned-farmer Sam Vincent won the non-fiction category for his book, My Father and Other Animals.

Spencer Tunick has photographed thousands of naked people all over the world, from Barcelona to Bondi. In November, it's Brisbane's turn.

Richard Osman is one of the most popular authors on the planet, and he's in Australia for the first time promoting his new book, The Last Devil to Die.

The bestselling author of Boy Swallows Universe returns with Lola in the Mirror, a sweeping love story infused with magical realism set against Brisbane's gritty underbelly.

A new book recounts how an unprecedented grassroots campaign in the town of Biloela saved a refugee family from deportation.

While some are optimistic about the streaming giant's move into audiobooks, others fear it will threaten authors' already precarious livelihoods.

Tech giants have been accused of "mass copyright infringement" and "system theft" by authors whose work has been used to train generative AI systems such as ChatGPT.  

Contemporary circus in Australia has been left reeling as Swinburne University pauses the 2024 intake for NICA's circus arts degree.

Kate Miller-Heidke and Keir Nuttall's new musical comedy, Bananaland, considers the best way to deliver a political message at a moment of planetary crisis.

Zadie Smith's latest book, The Fraud, may be set in 19th-century England, but the acclaimed British author never set out to write historical fiction.

Phasing out cash has serious implications for privacy, safety and financial exclusion among marginalised communities.

The Miles Franklin-winning author takes on the patriarchy in her new book, Wifedom: Mrs Orwell's Invisible Life.

Having been diagnosed with HIV in the 80s, the Australian artist and queer activist made a crucial alteration to his will that allowed his work to find fame even after he died.

Post MeToo, audiences are reconsidering great artistic works in the light of their creators' transgressions. But is it truly possible to separate the art from the artist? 

Generational stereotypes can sound convincing, but in the workplace they can become a pervasive form of ageism.

Although it has a tiny population of just 5 million, Ireland has produced some of the world's best writers — including James Joyce, author of modernist masterpiece Ulysses. 

The debut novelist realised that to tell his family's story – a diasporic tale of colonisation, war and displacement spanning Australia, France, Vietnam and the UK – he first had to dispense with the truth.

The construction industry insolvency crisis is sweeping the nation, and it's devastating for both consumers and builders. So what can be done about it?

How Rio de Janeiro's defunct cable car became a symbol of the city's extreme social inequality and its disappointing Olympic legacy. 

The LA-based photographer and activist, famous for turning a spotlight on queer experience in America, discusses five of her key works, from the 90s to today.

In The Bookbinder of Jericho, Pip Williams tells the stories of working-class women in World War I that are too often missing from the official historical archive. 

The Booker Prize winner lost her partner in 2019. Now, she draws upon their life together in her new book, Old Babes in the Wood.

Kath O'Connor's posthumous debut novel, Inheritance, is 'a little parable' for living in the moment, says her mentor and friend, the acclaimed author Inga Simpson.