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Unions decry loss of workers' rights amid rise of AI

From truckies to teachers, unions say workers must be prioritised over bots to protect their rights and safety in the rush to embrace artificial intelligence.

AAP · Oct 24

These 5 Australian novels will get your book club talking – and enjoying a good disagreement

On any given week across Australia, thousands of people – mostly, but not always, women – gather in homes, bookshops, libraries and elsewhere, to talk about books. They go along, having read a chosen book, to share their impressions, opinions and views with their group. Usually, they won’t agree with…

The Conversation · Aug 18

11 Must-Read Books About Women and Mother Nature Going Head-to-Head

We rounded up the best books about heroines facing off with Mother Nature herself.

Marie Claire · Mar 17

‘I think I’m on the mend’: Queen attends Booker Prize reception after illness

Camilla congratulated the six shortlisted authors at Clarence House in her first public engagement since she contracted the seasonal bug.

Evening Standard · Nov 12, 2024

Booker prize 2024: and the winner is... you, the reader

The judges have a hard task at this week’s Booker prize ceremony with five of the six shortlisted books worthy winners, though Percival Everett’s James – a retelling of Mark Twain’s Huckleberry Finn – is the title to put your money on

The Guardian - UK · Nov 10, 2024

Booker prize 2024: the six shortlisted books reviewed by our experts

From a longlist of 13, six novels have been shortlisted for the 2024 Booker prize. Our academics review the finalists ahead of the announcement of the winner on November 12.

The Conversation · Nov 6, 2024

Rapture by Emily Maguire review – tale of medieval female pope feels fresh and intimate

This sensual account of a woman seeking knowledge and God in a man’s world brings us close to matters of faith and the body

The Guardian - AU · Oct 24, 2024

Charlotte Wood on the Booker prize: ‘The global attention is like nothing I’ve seen’

The author is the first Australian to be shortlisted for the $98,000 prize since Richard Flanagan won in 2014

The Guardian - AU · Sep 17, 2024

First Aust writer in a decade makes Booker shortlist

Stone Yard Devotional author Charlotte Wood has been shortlisted for the Booker Prize, the first Australian writer since Richard Flanagan to make the list.

AAP · Sep 17, 2024

Each of the six Booker novels does something unique

As the Guardian’s fiction editor, I’ve been writing about the Booker prize for years. Now, as a judge, I’ve seen behind the curtain

The Guardian - UK · Sep 16, 2024