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All’s fair if you set cryptic crosswords, says David Astle. But his mailbox shows the indignant and loyalist nature of crossword fans.

All’s fair if you set cryptic crosswords, says David Astle. But his mailbox shows the indignant and loyalist nature of crossword fans.

Final hurrah for Australia’s late, great Jack Irish author We’re sorry, this service is currently unavailable. Please try again later. Dismiss Save Normal text size Advertisement It was one of the saddest days for Australian literature when the great Peter Temple died in 2018. He was the first crime writer to win the Miles Franklin and he took crime writing onto a new level. He wrote five standalone novels, including the Miles-winning Truth, and four featuring his Fitzroy-based fixer of all sorts of problems, Jack Irish. The Irish novels were adapted for the small screen with Guy P...

Sad farewell to the Feminist Writers Festival We’re sorry, this service is currently unavailable. Please try again later. Dismiss Normal text size Advertisement The Feminist Writers Festival put in a sterling effort to hold a virtual festival in the midst of a year disrupted entirely by the pandemic. So it’s particularly sad – and sadly ironic at this particular time − that artistic director Nikki Anderson has announced the festival is shutting up shop. Since 2016 it has hosted 56 events mainly in the eastern and southern states, featuring more than 160 speakers, along with publishing...