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In her debut novel, Julie Keys explores the fictional artistic genius Muriel Kemp.

Erin Gough and Omar Sakr are two of the authors featured in a new Australian anthology of queer YA.

The Cuban author continues to explore stories of World War II in his second novel.

The Monterey Cyprus tree was apparently the inspiration for the distinctive 'truffula' trees in Dr Seuss's The Lorax.

Plus, Armando Lucas Correa on WW2 novel The Daughter's Tale, and Erin Gough and Omar Sakr on queer YA anthology Kindred.

Plus, Armando Lucas Correa on WW2 novel The Daughter's Tale, and Erin Gough and Omar Sakr on queer YA anthology Kindred.

An Aboriginal woman must protect her granddaughter in Tony Birch's new novel.

The beloved Australian children's author and illustrator Jeannie Baker reflects on her long career, her love of collage and her passion for the environment.

Marion Turner has uncovered some interesting - and sometimes scandalous - details in her new biography Chaucer: A European Life.