17 h. ago Festivals have ‘privileged literary works’ over popular, commercial fiction: Veronica Sullivan

As the new director of the Melbourne Writers Festival, Veronica Sullivan has tried to create a program with broad appeal.

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36 h. ago Controversy at Sorrento Writers Festival as Baillieus host their own literary salon

Controversy alert at the Sorrento Writers Festival, south of Melbourne, where a private invite-only “sunset garden talk”, hosted by Josephine and James Baillieu, was the talk of the town.

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47 h. ago NRL 2025 live: Tigers win golden point thriller as Doueihi nails late penalty

Lachlan Galvin helped spearhead the Wests Tigers to a hard-fought victory over the Sharks as Adam Doueihi nailed a two-pointer in golden point.

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47 h. ago Tigers win golden point thriller as Doueihi nails late penalty

Lachlan Galvin helped spearhead the Wests Tigers to a hard-fought victory over the Sharks as Adam Doueihi nailed a two-pointer in golden point.

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60 h. ago During parental leave, I yearned for my ‘old life’. Then I had an idea

As life continued and the world moved on without me, I began to write.

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60 h. ago I may have been late to my writing career, but this is why it’s a blessing

For a long time, I was a bit sheepish about my late start, but I don’t feel like that now.

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3 d. ago Youngest cardinal calls for peace, justice in Ukraine as Church bids farewell to Pope Francis

Mykola Bychok says he had personally spoken of the war with the late pontiff and asked Francis to pray for the 20,000 Ukrainian children taken by force to Russia.

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3 d. ago Should I tell the braless friend of a friend that her breasts wobble?

Let her celebrate her jiggle, writes our Modern Guru.

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3 d. ago Four lines from the Pope’s funeral service will make history

Amid all the languages used to remember the late pontiff, there will be one never before heard at a papal funeral: Chinese.

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4 d. ago When the internet cut out, Colum McCann boarded a ship – and found his next novel

The writer joined the crew of the Leon Thevenin as they trawled the bottom of the ocean looking for a break in a cable.

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6 d. ago Counting controversy: IPA sticks to claim that maths curriculum is 3500 pages long

The think tank says Australia’s maths curriculum is too complicated and packed with ideology. The body that writes the curriculum doesn’t agree.

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6 d. ago ‘I could feel the cold’: the dreams that told Hannah Kent what to write

Drawn to snowy Iceland as a teenager, the award-winning author found the country calling her again.

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7 d. ago How 400,000km in an old Toyota, a single mum and a brush with death shaped Matt Hill’s career

Matt Hill is the face behind the voice that calls our most famous horse race. He is also a rising star of AFL broadcasting.

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7 d. ago Damian Collins on the career he almost had (and the financial advice that changed his life)

The prominent Perth real estate investor talks career changes, building a business, finding work-life balance and the best piece of financial advice he’s ever received.

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7 d. ago Eight hotel red flags that should make you reconsider booking

If you get to your hotel and discover there’s a building site next door, it’s too late. These signs at booking should send you running in the other direction.

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8 d. ago Wests Tigers staff shield Galvin from media as star runs out in front of 500 fans in NSW Cup

Despite fears he might be a late withdrawal, Lachie Galvin played NSW Cup for Wests Magpies. But what happens next week?

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8 d. ago Greek restaurant owner gutted by second firebombing in 10 months

The restaurant in Melbourne’s inner west only reopened late last year before it was targeted in another firebombing in the early hours of Easter Monday.

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8 d. ago In the game of the father: How Calsher’s Hawks honour his dear dad

As Calsher Dear nears a comeback to warm Hawthorn hearts, his teammates take on Geelong in an Easter Monday match that stands as tribute to his dad, the late Norm Smith medallist Paul Dear.

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8 d. ago The Dear family and Hawks hope Easter Monday can follow in the Big Freeze’s footsteps

As Calsher Dear nears a comeback to warm Hawthorn hearts, his teammates take on Geelong in an Easter Monday match that stands as tribute to his dad, the late Norm Smith medallist Paul Dear.

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8 d. ago Pope Francis emerges from convalescence on Easter, delights crowd

Pope Francis stopped occasionally to bless babies brought up to him, a scene that was common in the past but unthinkable just a few weeks ago as the 88-year-old pope fought for his life.

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