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Could we do better with death? Hear from the people who work with it every day ›

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Still Processing hosts Jenna Wortham and Wesley Morris discuss Kanye's tweets, colonisation, race and taking care of yourself ›

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'The best advice I've received is to write what you want to know.' Jamie Marina Lau on Working with Words ›

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Explore Hush, the first edition of our relaunched Notes, featuring words about screams, silence, diversion and investigation ›

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Dennis Altman joins Call Me by Your Name author André Aciman for a conversation about life, love and lust ›
The Next Chapter. Elevate your writing with $15,000, a year-long mentorship and more ›

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Stories of migration from Sofija Stefanovic, Maria Tumarkin, Alice Pung, Khalid Warsame, George Megalogenis and Vahideh Eisaei ›

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This Alien Nation  /  Migration

 
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Robert Webb: How Not to Be a Boy  /  Biography & memoir

 
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Jeff Goodell: The Water Will Come  /  Energy, environment & climate

With Jeff Goodell and Tony Birch

 
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André Aciman  /  Fiction

 
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Not Racist, But …: Racism, Identity and Labels  /  Identity

With Santilla Chingaipe, Luke Pearson, Mridula Nath Chakraborty and 1 other

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Working with Words: Jamie Marina Lau  /  Books, reading & writing

By Jamie Marina Lau

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Portrait of Jenny Zhang

There are so many ways to perform femininity, to regurgitate youth, so many lies we must accept in order to be an acceptable girl.

Jenny Zhang on girlhood

Portrait of Jennifer Egan

The most mysterious part of the whole writing process for me is where the people come from ... I really don’t know who will be in a story until I start writing it.

Jennifer Egan on writing characters

Portrait of Robert Webb

Masculinity, if you stare straight at it, disappears, like a faint star.

Robert Webb on masculinity

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By Jamie Marina Lau

Working with Words: Andreas Heger  /  Books, reading & writing

Guest post by Andreas Heger

Working with Words: Intan Paramaditha  /  Books, reading & writing

Guest post by Intan Paramaditha

Announcing The Next Chapter: an unprecedented new way of supporting writers  /  Books, reading & writing

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Good Sport  /  Australian politics

 
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Housekeeping #1: Sizzle  /  Australia

 
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Better Off Dead

1 The invasion of death  /  Life & death

 
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The Interrobang

Mary Norris and Jane Caro: Why does ‘i’ come before ‘e’, except after ‘c’?  /  Words & language

 
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Bryce Courtenay

Words on Fire: Omar Musa

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Listen to Housekeeping – an audio mini-series about voting, beyond the ballot box

 
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Housekeeping #2: ID  /  Government

 
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Housekeeping #3: No-Shows  /  Australian politics

 
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Housekeeping #4: Scrutiny  /  Government

 
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Housekeeping #5: Locked Out  /  Crime

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Reading into Dementia  /  Young & old

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The Case for Cartoons  /  Comedy & humour

Guest post by Oslo Davis

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Live the Lie: how narrative is used in crowdfunding  /  Internet, journalism, media & publishing

Guest post by Oscar Schwartz

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Beyond Bars: two perspectives  /  Social justice

By Sophie Quick

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Heat Waves: Something Good is Gonna Happen  /  Music

Guest post by Sam George-Allen

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Putting Quarters in a Broken Machine: on the merit of literary prizes in Australia  /  Awards & prizes

Guest post by Omar Sakr

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I’m Only Sleeping: Stories from the edge of wakefulness  /  Radio & podcasts

Guest post by Bec Fary

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Jumping Off Mountains  /  Biography & memoir

Guest post by Cheryl Strayed

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Deny, Deny, Deny  /  Race & multiculturalism

Guest post by Santilla Chingaipe

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Miranda July’s Internet Interventions  /  Books, reading & writing

Guest post by Connor Tomas O'Brien

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Radio is Dead: Long live radio documentaries and features  /  Radio & podcasts

Guest post by Kyla Brettle

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The Tern  /  Fiction

Guest post by Tony Birch

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Loudest Libraries  /  Books, reading & writing

Guest post by Stuart Kells

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Members Only: on politicians who write fiction  /  Fiction

By Sophie Quick

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Dear Lexdyslic Reader: why I love Roald Dahl  /  Literacy

Guest post by Jackie French

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Memories of an Island  /  Climate change & weather

Guest post by Xiaolu Guo

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Do Not Ask for Whom the Pinball Chimes  /  Life & death

Guest post by David Astle

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What’s the difference between a religion and a cult?  /  Faith, religion & spirituality

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