'Feast of fiction': spring renewal for Canberra Writers Festival This year's festival has more fiction than politics. The Canberra Times · Sep 17, 2024
Markus Zusak: ‘Yes, I swear at home and call my dog a bastard – that’s how we all live’ The global bestselling writer on the wildness, love and sorrow that defines life with dogs The Guardian - AU · Sep 13, 2024
Best books about books from Little Women and The Book Thief to Fahrenheit 451 Metafictional literature for mega bookworms Evening Standard · Apr 4, 2024
Author Markus Zusak knocked back Hollywood to make The Messenger TV series in Australia The bestselling writer says he was offered "good money" to turn his novel The Messenger into a film or TV series in the US. But he decided it should be made in Australia. ABC News · May 27, 2023
The Messenger review – surreal adaptation of Markus Zusak novel is a mysteriously good time It took a couple of episodes, but I relished returning to this ABC show about a young man who is mysteriously tasked with helping strangers The Guardian - AU · May 14, 2023
‘I remember the exact words’: Markus Zusak on The Messenger – and the review he’ll never forget In the lead-up to an ABC adaptation of his novel, Zusak talks about life after The Book Thief and why he thinks the show is better than his book The Guardian - AU · May 11, 2023
Bridgerton, Muppets Mayhem and Ten Pound Poms: what’s new to streaming in Australia this May Plus an adaptation of a Markus Zusak novel, a big-budget sci-fi mystery and an Australian creature feature The Guardian - AU · May 2, 2023
Best-selling novel The Messenger debuts as ABC series The Messenger, the story of an accidental hero based on Markus Zusak's best-selling novel, premieres in an eight-part ABC series next month. The New Daily · Apr 17, 2023
The Book Thief review – assured and courageous musical adaptation of global bestseller The paean to the power of the printed word loses none of its earnest intent in a deft and tremendously delivered production adapted by author Jodi Picoult The Guardian - UK · Sep 25, 2022