Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles. One news app.

The Latest Breaking News from Helen Garner

Friday essay: 'with men I feel like a very sharp, glittering blade' – when 5 liberated women spoke the truth

There’s a climactic scene in Helen Garner’s third and latest diary where she describes tipping a box of her then husband’s cigars into a pot of soup, picking up a pair of scissors, slashing a straw hat that belongs to his lover and stuffing the pieces in his “ugly black…

The Conversation

‘A national scandal’: Australian authors take aim at ‘woefully underfunded’ literary sector

‘A national scandal’: Australian authors take aim at ‘woefully underfunded’ literary sector

Richard Flanagan, Helen Garner and Kate Grenville call for ‘vast inequity’ to be corrected, as planning continues for national cultural policy

The Guardian - AU

Friday essay: sex, swimming and smudgy louvres – watching Monkey Grip 40 years on

Friday essay: sex, swimming and smudgy louvres – watching Monkey Grip 40 years on

The woman’s name is Nora, and she’s getting out of the pool when she goes to look at the guy she’s seeing and sees something better: a sexy stranger, Javo, who radiates a type of bruisy depth. He hangs back near the famous sign, AQUA PROFONDA, while Nora and the…

The Conversation

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

inkl

Portrait of Skywhale artist Patricia Piccinini in the running to win 2022 Archibald Prize

The winner of the prestigious prize will be announced on Friday by the Art Gallery of NSW in Sydney

The Canberra Times

Top Australian writers call for climate action to be at the centre of election

Kate Grenville, Helen Garner and Tony Birch join more than 60 authors in new Writers for Climate Action group

The Guardian - AU

'I will not hide': Helen Garner's radical gift is the shock of plain-speaking

Most readers of Helen Garner will be able to pinpoint a first personal encounter with her work: a book, or even a sentence, that cut through like sharp light; a local landmark suddenly immortalised on the page; an unsayable bodily experience transformed into the unabashedly said.

The Conversation

Looking for good books to read in 2022? Here are some tips from renowned Australian authors

We asked some of Australia's favourite authors to find out what they've been reading. The result is an eclectic list with something for everyone — even the kids.

inkl

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

People

Richard Flanagan

Adrian Collette

Melissa Lucashenko

Patricia Piccinini

Michael Mohammed Ahmad

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

inkl

Organisations

University of Melbourne

Australia Council

Art Gallery of NSW

inkl

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Places

257,067 stories

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.

Download on the AppStore

Get it on Google Play