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Salman Rushdie tells stabbing trial: ‘It occurred to me quite clearly I was dying’

www.wakaticket.com – Author says ‘I was screaming because of the pain’ in trial of man accused of trying to kill him…
Salman Rushdie tells stabbing trial: ‘It occurred to me quite clearly I was dying’

Handmaid’s Tale author Margaret Atwood to publish memoir

www.wakaticket.com – The 85-year-old’s Book of Lives promises to lift the lid on her unconventional Canadian upbringing, prize-winning writing career, and the experiences that shaped her work…
Handmaid’s Tale author Margaret Atwood to publish memoir

Femgore: why romcoms are out in women’s fiction – and cannibalism is in

www.wakaticket.com – Forget romance and romantasy. An explosive new genre explores the brutality and body horror women experience…
Femgore: why romcoms are out in women’s fiction – and cannibalism is in

50% of Australians want to read more – but don’t. So what is stopping us?

www.wakaticket.com – New research from Monash University has found that readers and non-readers alike aspire to read more books but struggle with distractions, motivation and even browsing…
50% of Australians want to read more – but don’t. So what is stopping us?

Measures of Weather by JR Carpenter review – deft verse that offers a guiding light

www.wakaticket.com – The British Canadian poet’s new collection invokes the elements as it interrogates imperialism, patriarchy and climate emergency…
Measures of Weather by JR Carpenter review – deft verse that offers a guiding light

‘It’s how we make sense of the world’: why are we all obsessed with gossip?

www.wakaticket.com – In her new book, Normal Gossip podcaster Kelsey McKinney explores our unending interest in talking about other people behind their backs…
‘It’s how we make sense of the world’: why are we all obsessed with gossip?

Looking at Women, Looking at War by Victoria Amelina review – in memory of the Ukrainian novelist who catalogued war crimes

www.wakaticket.com – A powerful, posthumous collection of diary entries, interviews, war reports and poetry has the late author’s tragic absence at its heart…
Looking at Women, Looking at War by Victoria Amelina review – in memory of the Ukrainian novelist who catalogued war crimes

A life in quotes: Tom Robbins

www.wakaticket.com – The bestselling counterculture novelist, whose books included Even Cowgirls Get the Blues and Another Roadside Attraction, has died at 92…
A life in quotes: Tom Robbins

Amanda Palmer, Neil Gaiman’s former partner, denies claims of human trafficking

www.wakaticket.com – Palmer rejects allegations made in lawsuit filed by the former couple’s nanny accusing her of trafficking and negligence…
Amanda Palmer, Neil Gaiman’s former partner, denies claims of human trafficking

In the 1600s, a Yolŋu girl was kidnapped from an Australian beach. Centuries later her story is a novel

www.wakaticket.com – Based on a story from pre-colonial Australia, A Piece of Red Cloth is a pioneering, ‘real collaboration’ between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal storytellers…
In the 1600s, a Yolŋu girl was kidnapped from an Australian beach. Centuries later her story is a novel

The Big Idea: how do our brains know what’s real?

www.wakaticket.com – From seeing things to hearing voices, there’s a finer line between hallucination and reality than you might suppose…
The Big Idea: how do our brains know what’s real?

Poem of the week: Are they shadows … by Samuel Daniel

www.wakaticket.com – A beguiling look at the fleeting pleasures of theatre, and the fleetingness of pleasure itself…
Poem of the week: Are they shadows … by Samuel Daniel

The Message by Ta-Nehisi Coates review – face to face with uncomfortable truths

www.wakaticket.com – The author and academic roams from Senegal to Palestine to South Carolina in essays unified by his belief that, as stories shape us, journalism should reflect the world, warts and all…
The Message by Ta-Nehisi Coates review – face to face with uncomfortable truths

Empty Wigs by Jonathan Meades review – a black museum of savage stories

www.wakaticket.com – Encompassing eugenics, euthanasia and terrorism, this dark, sprawling novel by a man of many talents is not for the easily offended…
Empty Wigs by Jonathan Meades review – a black museum of savage stories
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