The Latest Breaking News from Peter Carey

It’s hard to fathom that 25 years have passed since Peter Carey’s True History of the Kelly Gang was published to such acclaim. A glance at the novel’s entry in the AustLit database gives a sense of the phenomenon. It has gone through 15 editions, won 17 awards – including…

Last week’s announcement of Meanjin’s closure marks a poignant moment for Australian culture. Meanjin is a nationally significant cultural institution with a storied history. Closing it suddenly, without warning and with no consultation, on “purely financial grounds”, is a very deliberate act.

Peter Carey tells inquiry he was asked by Accounting Standards Board to omit details because partners from PwC, KPMG, Deloitte and EY sat on the board

Sarah Krasnostein’s On Peter Carey is the 12th instalment of Black Inc.’s highly readable series, Writers on Writers. The series is nicely conceived, as it pitches Australian writers not just against each other, but across a generational divide.

The prize still holds immense power for Australian sales, but a 2014 rule change made it harder for local books to get a look-in

In our conversations and emails, his determination to not let the fatwa define him has been evident, says Guardian columnist Hadley Freeman