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When it was revealed that Meta had used a dataset of pirated books to train its latest AI model, Llama, Australian authors were furious. Works by writers including Liane Moriarty, Tim Winton, Melissa Lucashenko, Christos Tsiolkas and many others had been scraped from the online shadow library LibGen without permission.

Author of sweeping historical novel Edenglassie continues run of wins with Mark and Evette Moran Nib award

A new novel by the Miles Franklin winner is always an event and her latest arrives at a tumultuous time in history

The latest novel from the author of Too Much Lip splits its time between the 1800s and 2024 and provides a masterclass in humour, flair and generosity

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

There is something familiar about Aunty June, the protagonist of Julie Janson’s Madukka the River Serpent.

Trees – majestic, mysterious and, as we are beginning to understand, wonderfully sophisticated and complex – play a powerful role in the stories we tell.

Over the past decade, Aunty Barbara Nicholson has made the journey to Junee Correctional Centre more than 300 times. She hopes that by helping inmates explore their ideas through poetry, she's changing things from the inside.

First Nations poet Evelyn Araluen has won the 10th annual Stella Prize with a debut poetry collection that confronts the cultural evasions of an unreconciled Australia with a tender fury.