Australian author Tim Winton on why writing is like surfing, why a tiny fish gives him hope, and why the next generation has a right to be angry at the mess they've inherited

A year of Yeats. The return of the Gathering. The zaniness of TedFest. The muckiness of the National Ploughing Championships. The musical magic of Electric Picnic. The spectacular scenery of Earagail Arts Festival. And much more. Consider yourself told

Books nominated by public libraries for consideration include 142 novels

With the Tasmanian author Richard Flanagan announced as this year’s Booker winner, we bring you 10 great novels from Down Under

Review: In charting a life of losses, this novel has much to say about the struggle to make sense of existence

Australian novelist Tim Winton has produced a profound tale of a last stab at salvation in ‘Eyrie’

Review: A fine novel about a good man’s fall from grace, but it is also about trying to live, or to at least make some sense of the effort it requires to even survive

The writer’s second novel, about a female sheep shearer in Australia, reinforces that she is a distinctive and important new voice