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Books & arts
Grand days
Patrick Mullins
27 March 2024
James Bond creator Ian Fleming’s war never ended
Books & arts
Does anyone have a pencil?
Jamie Hanson
27 April 2023
Two men, five books, one film
Books & arts
MUP’s book of Kells
Jim Davidson
10 March 2023
A centenary history traces the fits, starts and tensions surrounding Melbourne University Press
Essays & reportage
Hot, wild heart
Eleanor Hogan
24 October 2022
Despite its extremes, Mparntwe Alice Springs still maintains a grip
Essays & reportage
Harold Evans, an editor in his time
David Hayes
14 September 2021
A more nuanced figure lies behind the obituarists’ campaigning hero-journalist
Books & arts
Between the covers
Phillipa McGuinness
12 February 2021
Books
| Big personalities vie with an unforgiving marketplace in this insider’s view of publishing
Books & arts
Literary censorship’s last gasp
Amanda Laugesen
2 June 2020
Books
| A compelling account of a significant cultural moment
Essays & reportage
“Don’t ever expect anything from me”
Mark Baker
27 April 2020
How Malcolm Turnbull turned himself into an international figure
National affairs
Remembering Tim Fischer
Nathan Hollier
24 August 2019
The former deputy prime minister’s publisher recalls an unexpected friendship
From the archive
Fabber & Fabber
Jock Given
16 August 2019
The Russell Square twins, Fabberdum and Fabberdee, Fabber & Fabber — whatever the nickname, the story of the famed London publisher reveals a lot about how creative…
Books & arts
A kind of heroism
Sara Dowse
19 February 2019
Books
| Stoked by cigarettes and whiskey, Kenneth Cook kept writing until the end
Books & arts
Collegial but competitive, university presses are still going strong
Phillipa McGuinness
7 February 2019
The goal might be the same, but each publisher finds its own way of connecting writers and readers
Correspondents
Kazuo Ishiguro: a sense of freedom
David Hayes
10 October 2017
Letter from London
| A Nobel award gives the British novelist’s voice as well as his work a new authority
Essays & reportage
Publishing’s parallel universe
Louise Merrington
5 October 2017
Self-publishing need no longer be a second-best option, especially if you’re a writer of genre fiction
Books & arts
Heads or tails?
Jock Given & Marion Mccutcheon
7 May 2014
Does the future of entertainment lie with superstars or in the “long tail,” ask
Jock Given
and
Marion McCutcheon