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Watching Gemma advocate for a vulnerable client, <strong>Sam Elkin</strong> knew he could tell her about his desire to transition – and that she’d always have his back

For poet Robert Adamson, the natural world offered a form of deliverance.

Small press publishing houses dominate the shortlist of this year's Stella Prize.

Judges have described the Waanyi writer’s fourth novel Praiseworthy as ‘a canon-crushing Australian novel for the ages’

Which book reviews garnered five shining stars on ArtsHub in 2023?

Es Foong (Waffle Irongirl) is a poet, flash fictionista and spoken word performer living on the land of the Wurundjeri people

Scholars respond to author’s explanation for his new book appearing to copy some parts of classic texts

Upswell publisher Terri-ann White says she is distressed by controversy around former Miles Franklin prize longlist novel The Dogs

Exclusive: The Dogs by John Hughes withdrawn from $60,000 prize after novelist admits he used parts of nonfiction work of Nobel laureate Svetlana Alexievich ‘without realising’

<strong>Exclusive:</strong> Guardian Australia uncovers multiple near-identical phrases and scenes in John Hughes’ book The Dogs and Svetlana Alexievich’s nonfiction work The Unwomanly Face of War