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Books banned as publisher cuts ties with guilty author

Books banned as publisher cuts ties with guilty author

Author Craig Silvey's publisher has moved to cut ties after he admitted guilt to child exploitation charges, while WA schools have permanently banned his books.

Author Craig Silvey admits child exploitation crimes

Author Craig Silvey admits child exploitation crimes

Author Craig Silvey admits child exploitation crimes

Author Craig Silvey admits child exploitation crimes

Australian author Craig Silvey has pleaded guilty to possessing and distributing child exploitation material, as prosecutors dropped two other charges.

Gasps as ex-charity worker avoids jail over abuse book

Gasps as ex-charity worker avoids jail over abuse book

Gasps as ex-charity worker avoids jail over abuse book

Gasps as ex-charity worker avoids jail over abuse book

An author will be placed on the sex offenders register after penning a novel found to describe the sexual abuse of a child through explicit toddler role-play.

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Award-winning Aussie literary figure David Malouf dies

Award-winning Aussie literary figure David Malouf dies

One of Australia's most celebrated literary figures, David Malouf, who published multiple prize-winning works, has passed away at the age of 92.

Book pulled over illustrator's Bondi massacre post

Book pulled over illustrator's Bondi massacre post

A university publishing house has cancelled a children's book, saying the illustrator's past comments breached its anti-Semitism policy.

'More people, more books': tech to end audiobook debate

'More people, more books': tech to end audiobook debate

The question of whether audiobooks count as reading is about to get more complicated thanks to a feature from a major tech firm.

'Exquisite' illustrations show efforts to save language

'Exquisite' illustrations show efforts to save language

An exhibition celebrates the decades-long drive by the remote Western Desert community of Papunya to keep culture and language alive.

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Author now accused of producing child abuse material

Author now accused of producing child abuse material

Author now accused of producing child abuse material

Author now accused of producing child abuse material

The author of Jasper Jones and other popular novels for young readers has been slugged with more child exploitation charges, including producing the material.

Jill Biden book outlines husband's re-election decision

Jill Biden book outlines husband's re-election decision

Jill Biden book outlines husband's re-election decision

Jill Biden book outlines husband's re-election decision

Jill Biden says her book scheduled to be published in June will discuss her feelings about the three-week stretch when her husband ended his political career.

Library loses literary awards after 'martyr' blowback

Library loses literary awards after 'martyr' blowback

Library loses literary awards after 'martyr' blowback

Library loses literary awards after 'martyr' blowback

A library has lost its role managing a state's literary awards, after an Indigenous writer was criticised for her comments about a slain Hamas leader.

Indigenous poet claims richest state book prize

Indigenous poet claims richest state book prize

Indigenous poet claims richest state book prize

Indigenous poet claims richest state book prize

A poet's latest work has been lauded for its emotional intelligence, while Palestinian-Australian author Randa Abdel-Fattah has won an award by popular vote.

Literary journal Meanjin back from the dead

Literary journal Meanjin back from the dead

Literary journal Meanjin back from the dead

Literary journal Meanjin back from the dead

The axed literary journal Meanjin is back, to be run out of the city where it was originally founded 85 years ago.

Ex-charity staffer penned ‘offensive’ child abuse novel

Ex-charity staffer penned ‘offensive’ child abuse novel

Ex-charity staffer penned ‘offensive’ child abuse novel

Ex-charity staffer penned ‘offensive’ child abuse novel

A former Christian charity executive could face jail for child abuse material over a taboo book describing a woman role playing as a toddler with an older man.

Author's NZ sexual assault lawsuits dismissed in US

Author's NZ sexual assault lawsuits dismissed in US

Author's NZ sexual assault lawsuits dismissed in US

Author's NZ sexual assault lawsuits dismissed in US

US federal judges have dismissed three lawsuits accusing award-winning British author Neil Gaiman of sexually assaulting his children's nanny in New Zealand.

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Author accused of child exploitation has bail varied

The author of Jasper Jones and other popular novels for young readers has successfully had his bail relaxed after being charged with child exploitation.

Author 'gobsmacked' by peak body funding crisis

A peak body for writers may have to close after missing out on state government funding, and one author says she's "gobsmacked" by the situation.

War of words overshadows dumped author's apology

While an apology from Adelaide Festival is welcome, a dumped Palestinian-Australian author says her words continue to be "twisted" by an unapologetic premier.

'Their career is toast': writers' festival anguish

The consequences of cancelling a major literary festival are far-reaching, publishers and writers say, despite a premier declaring there is no economic impact.

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Dumped author to consider festival return after apology

A major writers' festival is in damage control as it apologises for dumping a Palestinian-Australian author in a move that triggered a mass boycott.

Author's novels axed after child abuse accusations

Popular novels have been axed from school reading lists and publishers have stopped promotions after an author was accused of sharing child abuse material.

Premier's compassion defence over writer's legal threat

A state premier facing a defamation threat has defended comments he made about an author who was controversially dumped from a leading writers' festival.

Acclaimed author in court over child abuse material

The author of Jasper Jones and numerous other popular novels for young readers has faced court after he was allegedly caught with child abuse material.

Festival canned after author's dumping sparks backlash

A leading writers' festival has collapsed under the weight of backlash over the dumping of a Palestinian-Australian novelist from its program.

'Foolish': Mabo historian pans festival axing of author

A pre-eminent Australian historian has joined a growing list of nearly 100 speakers pulling out of a writers' festival after it dumped a pro-Palestine academic.

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".

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