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Judy Blume is the patron saint of teen girl readers – so why did a man write her biography?

I’m Generation X, so of course I was raised by Judy Blume, the patron saint of teen girl readers from the 1970s on, with her frank, funny realist novels on everything from first periods to first sexual encounters.

The Conversation · Mar 30

Strike threat remains as ABC staff return to work

ABC staff are leaving the door open to more strikes, as union figures say their message about job security and wages is not getting through to management.

AAP · Mar 25

‘I didn’t want to break it’: Linton Besser on the doubts and dilemmas in his first year presenting Media Watch

Besser won a Walkley award for reporting that included investigating the ABC chair, but says there is still ‘lots of awkwardness’ in reporting on other journalists

The Guardian - AU · Dec 22, 2025

David Marr to replace Phillip Adams as host of ABC radio’s Late Night Live after three decades

Adams, 84, will retire from national broadcaster in late June due to poor health

The Guardian - AU · May 23, 2024

Call for War Memorial to mark First Nations history

Officially recognising the frontier conflicts could facilitate truth-telling and help the nation come to terms with its bloody history, an author says.

AAP · Apr 10, 2024

David Marr reveals Hunter connection to Australia's darkest hours at Newcastle Writers Festival

David Marr speaks on confronting the true history of Australia.

Newcastle Herald · Apr 6, 2024

Morning Mail: Netanyahu vows to ‘change the Middle East’, Noel Pearson’s fears for no vote, power cost relief

Indigenous leader says failure means ‘middle path’ to reconciliation will be gone, and falling wholesale prices expected to deliver cheaper electricity

The Guardian - AU · Oct 9, 2023

'I can't argue away the shame': frontier violence and family history converge in David Marr's harrowing and important new book

Cultural capital is a rare and precious commodity. It is earned by doing – with wit, rigour and imagination. Being born to privilege may help in its accumulation, but that is not sufficient. These days, especially, privilege can be an impediment.

The Conversation · Oct 9, 2023

Patrick White was the first Australian writer to win the Nobel Prize in Literature – 50 years later, is he still being read?

Did you know that 2023 marks the 50th anniversary of Patrick White winning the Nobel Prize in Literature, the first Australian writer to be so honoured?

The Conversation · Oct 4, 2023

‘Ballsy’, ‘very funny’, ‘read in one sitting’: the best Australian books out in October

Each month, Guardian Australia editors and critics pick the upcoming titles they have already devoured – or can’t wait to get their hands on

The Guardian - AU · Oct 3, 2023