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Five Great Reads: ‘Shrinking girl summer’, Sharon Stone, and Peter Carey’s Ned Kelly

Guardian Australia’s weekend wrap of essential reads from the past seven days, selected by Claire Keenan

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A new stage adaptation of Peter Carey’s Jack Maggs is a delightful homage to theatrical storytelling

Jack Maggs is a delight and a homage to theatrical storytelling in Australia.

The Conversation

Peter Carey on Jack Maggs and snubbing the Queen: ‘I thought she was a relic’

As the stage version of his take on Great Expectations opens in Adelaide, the novelist looks back at a right royal kerfuffle – and a memorable encounter with a London cabby

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Conversing with the 'restless dead' – a posthumous collection of Hilary Mantel's writing illuminates her singular literary achievement

Hilary Mantel’s writing career falls neatly into two periods: before and after Wolf Hall.

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Report critical of big four consultancies was censored by Australian government agency, academic claims

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

The Guardian - AU

Possession and devotion inform Sarah Krasnostein's compelling reinterpretation of Peter Carey's art

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.

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Booker prize: it has been six years since an Australian was nominated. What gives?

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

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I could not believe how bravely Salman Rushdie faced the threats to his life. That’s true courage

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

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