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With all the talk of “truth-telling” in Australia, some of it worthwhile and some clichéd, Kim Scott’s writing provides an invaluable entry point to a meaningful dialogue.

Jenny Ireland tells of how she came home from hospital after brain surgery and felt a strong urge to give the writing thing a go.

A newly published collection of essays from Sunday Miscellany, the RTÉ Radio One programme, includes contributions from Irish writers including Dermot Bolger, Rita Ann Higgins and Marina Carr, with reflections on life that range from the political to the personal. In this moving essay, entitled Goodbye Furball, Niall McArdle describes how a kitten called Darcy bulldozed his way into his life – and slowly won a place in his heart

Carolina Schutti, author of ‘Without Waking Up,’ discusses language and translation.

India News: On her 90th birth anniversary, we look at the engima that was Meena Kumari. Veteran actor Deepti Naval in her memoir, writes about what made Kumari a

While apartheid laws tore through other communities in the 1950s, Mongangane Wilfred Mofokeng created a thriving haven through his evangelical leadership of an NG Kerk in Gelukspan.

Less gold in the mines. Unrest in the camps. And a new fishery for the giant Murray cod which decimated their population. The 19th century gold rush has left a bad environmental legacy.

A fascinating new book exposes the issues present in the women's health marketplace and considers the ways women can take back control of their health

The Constitutional Court has given parliament 24 months to amend tax legislation, ordered Sars to make new decision on access to Jacob Zuma's tax records.