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Author horrified toddler taboo book seen as pedophilic

Author horrified toddler taboo book seen as pedophilic

A Christian charity executive was shocked her book Daddy's Little Toy about an adult role-playing as a toddler was seen as pedophilic, a court has been told.

David Szalay's Flesh wins prestigious Booker Prize

David Szalay's Flesh wins prestigious Booker Prize

David Szalay's Flesh wins prestigious Booker Prize

David Szalay's Flesh wins prestigious Booker Prize

British-Hungarian author David Szalay has won this year's Booker Prize for his novel Flesh, which the judges described as "extraordinary".

Creatives celebrate copyright protection from AI mining

Creatives celebrate copyright protection from AI mining

Creatives celebrate copyright protection from AI mining

Creatives celebrate copyright protection from AI mining

Labor's decision to rule out a controversial change to copyright laws that would allow AI models to scrape creative work for free has been widely supported.

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Albanese walks in Whitlam's footsteps half a century on

Albanese walks in Whitlam's footsteps half a century on

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has lauded a titan of the Labor movement for significant reforms social and political reforms that changed Australia.

Watchdog urged to review claims against Prince Andrew

Watchdog urged to review claims against Prince Andrew

Britain's Prince Andrew faces more scrutiny as the posthumous memoir by Virginia Giuffre makes more claims.

Andrew's team 'tried to hire trolls to hassle accuser'

Andrew's team 'tried to hire trolls to hassle accuser'

Virginia Giuffre wrote in her memoir that Prince Andrew tried to hire internet trolls to "hassle" her after she came forward with sexual abuse accusations.

Prince Andrew gives up his Duke of York title

Prince Andrew gives up his Duke of York title

Prince Andrew has stopped using his remaining titles and honours and will no longer be known as the Duke of York, completing his banishment from royal life.

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'Pay up': artists, authors argue AI steals their work

'Pay up': artists, authors argue AI steals their work

'Pay up': artists, authors argue AI steals their work

'Pay up': artists, authors argue AI steals their work

Australian musicians, producers and authors want an AI data mining proposal to be scrapped, saying their life's work can be taken for nothing.

Winning author reveals perils of robodebt rabbit warren

Winning author reveals perils of robodebt rabbit warren

Winning author reveals perils of robodebt rabbit warren

Winning author reveals perils of robodebt rabbit warren

An author has revealed how his three years working on a prize-winning robodebt expose left him feeling at times unwell and "in this kind of rabbit warren".

Colours, rhymes and characters help tackle tricky topic

Colours, rhymes and characters help tackle tricky topic

Colours, rhymes and characters help tackle tricky topic

Colours, rhymes and characters help tackle tricky topic

A children's book about a domestic abuse situation aims to help kids caught up in family violence and explain the topic in a way they can understand.

Trump targets Aussie's 'radical gender' children's book

Trump targets Aussie's 'radical gender' children's book

Trump targets Aussie's 'radical gender' children's book

Trump targets Aussie's 'radical gender' children's book

US President Donald Trump says a fifth-grade student was forced to promote "radical gender ideology" by reading aloud a kids' book by an Australian author.

Young authors hoping croc book inspires next generation

Young authors hoping croc book inspires next generation

Young authors hoping croc book inspires next generation

Young authors hoping croc book inspires next generation

Indigenous Literacy Day is showcasing the strength in stories with a new book about a croc thwarted by local kids and a film made in remote communities.

Rejected 200+ times, Ghost Cities wins major book prize

Rejected 200+ times, Ghost Cities wins major book prize

Rejected 200+ times, Ghost Cities wins major book prize

Rejected 200+ times, Ghost Cities wins major book prize

An ambitious novel inspired by Chinese megacities has won Australia's most prestigious literary award after being rejected more than 200 times by publishers.

Tome by tome, human chain moves historic bookstore

Tome by tome, human chain moves historic bookstore

Tome by tome, human chain moves historic bookstore

Tome by tome, human chain moves historic bookstore

Hundreds of volunteers have formed a human chain to help a historic bookshop move to a new location by passing each book hand-to-hand.

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'She's great': more charges mulled against taboo author

A Christian charity executive accused of disseminating and producing child abuse material over her fictional novel Daddy's Little Toy may face more charges.

Novel formula for interrupted tale claims Stella Prize

A novel exploring the "messiness of life found in the gap between theory and practice" has won the Stella Prize for one of Australia's most celebrated writers.

Indian author wins International Booker Prize

The International Booker Prize has been awarded to a short-story collection for the first time as India's Banu Mushtaq and Deepa Bhasthi won for Heart Lamp.

The social media-hating philosopher relishing his X ban

Famed philosopher AC Grayling is speaking at writers' festivals around Australia - but you won't find him promoting it on social media.

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Narrow Road to red carpet for stars of wartime epic

Australian stars have walked the red carpet for the premiere of an epic wartime miniseries set in a Japanese PoW camp during World War II.

Tributes flow for Phryne Fisher author Kerry Greenwood

Australian author Kerry Greenwood - who wrote the popular Phryne Fisher historical detective series - has died at the age of 70.

Uni art museum to reopen, address racist legacy

Melbourne University's Potter Museum of Art shut for six years. It's reopening with an Aboriginal art show that also looks at the institution's colonial past.

Authors fume over claims stolen books used to fuel AI

Writers want legal changes and compensation after a tech giant allegedly used pirated books to train its artificial intelligence model.

Children's tale from an elder generation wins top prize

Tales of beach camping from a bygone era have won Australia's top literary prize, with the author hoping young readers will understand more about their elders.

Familiar voices rev up high octane romance for the ears

Australian actors aim to get a few hearts racing with a tale set in the world of motorsport as the romance genre speeds ahead with audiobook listeners.

Sharing the joy of science inspires an interesting life

From posting boxes of books off to remote classrooms to writing his own, a love of science is at the heart of everything social entrepreneur Corey Tutt does.

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