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The original series was based on the best-selling books by Laura Ingalls Wilder

Penguin Random House’s acquisition of Text Publishing leaves Australian publishing further concentrated in the hands of a few multinational companies.

In 1764, Horace Walpole published the first gothic novel, The Castle of Otranto, set in a labyrinthine castle surrounded by woods. The novel features the supernatural, with a dark secret from the past at its core. Today, 260 years later, gothic is still with us in the form of “contemporary…

Mthuthuzeli November expertly fuses ballet, contemporary and South African dance in Fools. Plus five minutes of fun from Kristen McNally and Rudi van Dantzig’s Four Last Songs

The story of a secret relationship between two Premier League teammates explores power and homophobia

History and travelogue combine wonderfully in this tale of colonial plunder and hubris

An epic tale of love across three generations explores changing attitudes towards sexuality in India

After a brush with death pushed Othuke Ominiabohs to self-publish his novels, he realised there was a gap in the market for fresh African writing

Peter Dutton wasn’t party to any of this debauchery of Queensland Police under the reign of Joh Bjelke-Petersen. But he’s every inch a product of the culture and politics of the time.