Books and literature Back to all Stories Literature Openbook Ethel Turner gets personalA new acquisition reveals the personal and professional lives of one of Australia’s best-known authors. Literature Openbook Library tourismby Mark DapinMark Dapin’s wish-list of the most beautiful libraries in the world to visit. Literature Openbook A boy’s devotion to books and love by Shannon BurnsThe library that made me. Literature Openbook The Blue Roadby Stan CorreyThe untold story of French novelist Hélène Bessette and her poetic novel, La Route Bleue, a love story set in 1940s Sydney. Art and Design Behind the Scenes Literature Openbook A capital ideaby Maggie PattonDecorated initials — artworks in themselves — have a long history. Literature Openbook Michelle Cahillby Neha KaleA novelist brings a marginalised character back to the centre. Literature Openbook One library that began a story.by Shankari ChandranThe library that made me. Literature Openbook Rain and Bloodby Mykaela SaundersA poem. Literature Openbook An unforgettable teacher — not in a good wayby Robert DreweThe library that made me. Literature Openbook Broken Glassby Jessie ColeA short story. Biography History Literature Openbook Do we still have time for Henry Lawson?by Susan HuntIt is 100 years since the famous writer and chronicler of bush life died. Literature Openbook Ceci n’est pas une poème!A poem by Thuy On. Biography History Literature Openbook The writer & the archivistby Suzanne Falkiner and Meredith LawnRose de Freycinet, a nineteenth-century French woman, stowaway and diarist, unites a writer and an archivist 200 years later. Exhibition History Literature Openbook All well & goodby Elise EdmondsTwenty-first-century notions of wellness have a long lineage. Literature Openbook Before I get to the good bitsby John VallanceThe library that made me. Art and Design Literature Openbook The printer’s markby Maggie PattonThat curious penguin on the spine of your favourite paperback isn’t there just for decoration. Art and Design Exhibition Literature Openbook A changing worldby Catherine KeenanChildren’s picture books reflect the world that makes them, but must try to remake that world too. Biography Literature Openbook On fireby Miriam CosicAlexandra Christie is the new editor of HEAT, an illustrious literary publication in its third incarnation Literature Openbook A nondescript building in Cabramattaby Tim SoutphommasaneThe library that made me. Literature Openbook The sound of wordsby Katrina LobleyWhat’s the process for turning words on a page into words in your ear? Literature Openbook Doing Laundry on New Year’s DayA poem by Toby Fitch. Literature Openbook On literary meritby Kerryn GoldsworthyWe may find it easy to give a book one star, or five, but what do we really mean by the phrase ‘literary merit’? Biography Literature Openbook Queering the archiveby Sylvia MartinA biographer reflects on the serendipity of finding traces of her subjects’ intimate lives in the archive. Literature Openbook Shelling the prawnsA poem by Sarah Holland-Batt. Literature Openbook Bendalongby Eleanor LimprechtA short story. Literature Openbook And the winner is …by Phillipa McGuinnessWhat impact do prizes have on Australia’s literary ecosystem? Biography Literature Openbook Wildest dreamsby Sam CooneyEmily Bitto's second novel raises compelling questions about writing and living. Art and Design Literature Openbook Surface artby Katrina LobleyBook cover design is an intricate and sometimes baffling process that brings together authors, readers, publishers, booksellers and designers. Show more
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