Everything you need to know about this year's Man Booker Prize shortlist. 

The shortlist has been announced for the City of Fremantle T.A.G. Hungerford Award, Western Australia’s longest running manuscript award. 

Today Aussies young and old are encouraged to set aside 60 minutes and delve into a book as part of the Australian Reading Hour. 

British indie producer Synchronicity Films have secured the rights to The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris. View More»

'If you examine any large-scale human cooperation system, you will always find, at the basis, a belief in some myth, in some fictional story.’

If you're someone who believes in appreciating a book before watching it on the big screen, here's our list of five novels that you need to get your hands on before their Australian film release date!

Long-time illustrator of Roald Dahl's books, Quentin Blake, has released a series of sketches of the famous gifted girl, all grown up.

A Twitter user posted a video about a rare copy of Rudyard Kipling’s 'Kim' from Cornell University Library’s Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections which prompted 9,000... View More»

Donald Trump has dismissed Fear as ‘just another bad book’ but sales show otherwise. 

Kate Bush's songwriting has been inspired by literature. It all started with her debut single released in 1978, Wuthering Heights, inspired by the book of the same name which rocketed up the charts making her an overnight... View More»

Yet again Jane Harper has scooped the pool now winning the Barry Award for Best First Novel for her book View More»

The Wonky Donkey has sold over a million copies, mainly in Australia and New Zealand. But now the... View More»

Pixie O'Harris was born in 1903 and came to Australia from Wales with her family in 1920. She wrote and illustrated many now famous children's stories over her lifetime including 'The Babes in the Wood', 'Cinderella',... View More»

Adele Ferguson will be revealing the 'story behind the story' in her new book, Banking Bad: How greed and broken governance conspired to break our trust in corporate Australia.

Kill the pig. Cut its throat. Spill its blood.

Hotel chain Travelodge, has released the top 20 most abandoned books at their locations across the UK.

The countdown for the Australian reading hour has begun!

Only 35% of Indigenous children in Year 5 living in very remote NT communities can read, compared to 95% of children living in major cities. This Indigenous Literacy Day, Good Reading revisits our intereview with the... View More»

The Ngaio Marsh Awards are presented annually for the best crime, mystery or thriller writing by New Zealand. 

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This year marks the centenary of 'The Magic Pudding', the classic Australian children’s book crafted by NORMAN LINDSAY on the whim of a bet. But there’s much more to be discovered about the writer and... View More»

The library has launched its ‘Insta Novels’ initiative, in which works of classic literature are uploaded in full to its Instagram story.

Over 200,000 tickets have already been snapped up for Melbourne's incoming production of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, and Potter fervour continues to peak as the cast for Australia's version of J K Rowling's play was... View More»

Sulari Gentill has won the 2018 Ned Kelly Award for Best Crime Novel, presented by the Australian Crime Writers Association, for her novel View More»

Idle will kick off in Adelaide and finish eight days later in Melbourne. The tour comes as part of wider tour to promote the book, including speaking engagements in the UK and US.

Regarded as 'the Godfather of contemporary Australian crime writing', Corris produced over a hundred books over the course of his career.

Tickets are now on sale for the 112th International Dickens Fellowship Conference Boz in... View More»