Saudade is a Portuguese term that's hard to define. In Suneeta Peres da Costa's latest novel, Saudade, this idea represents homesickness and dislocation.

John Birmingham and Nick Earls both had bestselling novels come out around the same time in the 1990s. They're also both from Brisbane. Nick speaks to John Birmingham about his green room experiences at literary events.

John Birmingham and Nick Earls both had bestselling novels come out around the same time in the 1990s. They're also both from Brisbane. Nick speaks to John Birmingham about his green room experiences at literary events.

Historian-turned-novelist Peter Cochrane on his first foray into fiction, The Making of Martin Sparrow, which opens with the historical Hawkesbury River flood of 1806 that killed five people and wiped out crops and livestock for the fledging colonial settlement on the lower Hawkesbury.

Historian turned novelist Peter Cochrane on his book The The Making of Martin Sparrow, Nick Earls in the Green Room with fellow Brisbanite John Birmingham, Australian author Suneeta Peres da Costa's second novel Saudade which is set in Angola and Australian author Maryam Azam's debut poetry collection The Hijab Files.

Historian turned novelist Peter Cochrane on his book The The Making of Martin Sparrow, Nick Earls in the Green Room with fellow Brisbanite John Birmingham, Australian author Suneeta Peres da Costa's second novel Saudade which is set in Angola and Australian author Maryam Azam's debut poetry collection The Hijab Files.

The first in our special series on Australian debut writers beginning with Tracy Sorensen's The Lucky Galah.

The first in our special series on Australian debut writers beginning with Tracy Sorensen's The Lucky Galah.

The first in our special series on Australian debut writers beginning with Tracy Sorensen's The Lucky Galah.

In an old fashioned debate, six Australian authors battle out the proposition 'write what you know': Mark Brandi, Claire Coleman, Bram Presser, Jane Rawson, Graeme Simsion and Michelle Aung Thin.