5 h. ago Everyone’s committing crimes against literacy, even Meghan Markle

Word watchers, pedants after my own heart, won’t let anything slide. Definitely not Meghan’s “elevate”.

Events

25 h. ago ASX Runners of the Week: ASF Group, Vectus, Hawk Resources and Thor

The Bulls N’ Bears ASX Runner of the Week is Investment house ASF Group, which sent the market nuts after entering the crypto space, rocketing 4900% before the ASX pulled the plug.

Politics

25 h. ago Pynchon’s new book is a brilliant exercise in the allure of fiction

The postmodern master’s first book in 12 years centres on a private investigator’s riotous and continent-hopping journey

Politics

25 h. ago The inspiration behind history’s greatest authors? Their feline friends

This delightful book explores the sometimes astonishing insights into the minds of renowned writers and the cats they loved.

Culture

25 h. ago How accused mastermind used crypto to conceal kickback scheme

Two alleged co-conspirators thought they would not get “busted” if they used crypto as their Trojan horse for pocketing kickbacks, an inquiry has heard.

Technology

27 h. ago From icy dystopia to the volatile world of crypto, here are 10 new books

Our reviewers on recent new fiction and non-fiction releases.

Technology

31 h. ago The dinner party story that unlocked a novelist’s dark family secret

Heather Rose never thought she would tell the story of her ancestor who brutally murdered a woman in London.

Society

36 h. ago ‘Biggest name in crypto’: Trump pardons billionaire who admitted to money laundering

Changpeng “CZ” Zhao and his company Binance have been key supporters of some of the Trump family’s crypto enterprises.

Technology

38 h. ago ‘He watched me beg for my life’: Even in Australia, I couldn’t escape Epstein and my abusers

After a whirlwind romance in Thailand, 19-year-old Virginia Roberts married Australian Robbie Giuffre, broke with Jeffrey Epstein and sought freedom in Sydney.

Politics

47 h. ago Where do our monsters hide now? The digital age has rewritten the rules of fear

They left the dark forests and lonely highways to stalk us on our screens – and they tell us everything about our modern anxieties.

Politics

55 h. ago Sofie Laguna takes a trip into the underworld. No, not that one

The Miles Franklin winner’s fifth novel, about an unhappy teenage girl at a boarding school, is imbued with her love of the myths of ancient Rome and Greece.

Politics

56 h. ago Royal Biographer discusses new book on Sophie, the Duchess of Edinburgh

Royal Biographer Sean Smith is marking Sophie, the Duchess of Edinburgh's life and unique place within Buckingham Palace with a new book Sophie: Saving the Royal Family.

Politics

3 d. ago ‘Literary big bang’: Readers have waited 30 years for this finale

Philip Pullman says farewell to the heroine who has accompanied readers from childhood into adulthood, ending an era for a multi-generational publishing phenomenon.

Politics

3 d. ago This ChatGPT browser is genuinely impressive. Will anyone actually use it?

OpenAI’s AI-powered browser can book holidays and build shopping lists while you browse. But it’s competing against the most stubborn force in tech: user habits.

Technology

4 d. ago Brisbane woman’s clash with council over ‘illegal’ street library

“I set out to share some books with my neighbours ... I never imagined I’d end up as ‘the woman with the illegal book box’.”

Events

4 d. ago ‘An act of courage’: Salman Rushdie to return to Australia for first time since US attack

Three years after surviving an attempt on his life during a public lecture, the author will speak about “the price we pay for ideas” and the transformative power of literature.

Events

4 d. ago Virginia Giuffre’s devastating memoir reveals a lifetime of abuse

The late activist gives her devastating but definitive story of sexual abuse at the hands of some of the world’s most powerful men.

Politics

5 d. ago Shore prepares for a special farewell as principal set to depart

Staff and students were urged to send in their messages of support, to be added to a photo book which will be presented to John Collier at the end of his term.

Politics

6 d. ago Move over Hollywood’s Walk of Fame: Tribute to Sydney’s storytellers gets new chapter

Sydney’s Writers’ Walk is to be extended, and a founder says the door could be left open to celebrate songwriters, as well as playwrights and authors.

Politics

7 d. ago Democracy not guaranteed in Australia, republican advocate warns

When Australia Became A Republic is inspired by the many times Australians have done things their own way, from the introduction of the secret ballot to the Sydney Olympics.

Events