Many great men are remembered for only one thing, and for Charles Todd it is building the Overland Telegraph line from Adelaide to Darwin.

Ann Liang’s first novel for adults reimagines an ancient Chinese tale of deception and betrayal – and a legendary beauty.

Emily Maguire turns to historical fiction to tell the story of a young ninth-century woman whose quest for knowledge will not ...

Rodney Hall has won the Miles Franklin Award twice; his new novel is a panoramic alternative history of the twentieth century ...

Novelist Amitav Ghosh turns to non-fiction to chart the greed and racism at the heart of British and American opium sales to ...

Award-winning novelist Amitav Ghosh turns to non-fiction to chart the greed and racism at the heart of British and American opium sales to China. In researching his Ibis Trilogy novels – Sea of ...

Rodney Hall has won the Miles Franklin Award twice (Just Relations, The Grisly Wife); his new novel is a panoramic alternative history of the twentieth century. Queen Elizabeth II visited Brisbane on ...