Just three Aboriginal writers appeared in Radio National’s poll. There was little sense of the breadth and creativity of our ...

The 2020s have been good to Hungarian intellectuals. In 2023, Katalin Karikó and Ferenc Krausz collected Nobel Prizes in ...

Now, László Krasznahorkai has scooped the biggest prize in literature. Announcing the 71-year-old Hungarian as the winner of ...

The loss of the ancient world's greatest repository of knowledge has been mourned for centuries—but Julius Caesar may not ...

Nathan Harris’ best-selling debut, The Sweetness of Water, was long-listed for the 2021 Booker Prize. In his new novel, Amity ...

Previously the list of things I particularly enjoyed about Thatcher were limited to glass ceiling shattering and her ...

The AU Books Team bring you their most anticipated books for the final three months of the year as we head towards Christmas.

Columnist Susan Campbell questions why 'a mound of procedure' is apparently hindering the release of the Epstein files.

Humans are silly beings. Even our history books can testify to this fact. In its pages lie stories of wars sparked by a stolen bucket, farmers taking snails to court, and even emperors fleeing from an ...

Read all of Slate’s stories about the 25 Greatest Picture Books of the Past 25 Years. On Oct. 8, 2010, the New York Times ran a story on its front page: “Picture Books No Longer a Staple for Children.

PEN America released its list of the most-banned books of the 2024-2025 school year on Wednesday – and warned that the number of books challenged or banned in public school districts across the ...

Longmont Public Library is observing Banned Books Week with programs that support the freedom to read diverse texts and draw attention to efforts around the country to restrict access to certain books ...