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The moment I knew: I thought I was too cool for love. My rock idol knew better

Trent Dalton had a crush on his sophisticated colleague Fiona. The lead singer of his favourite band helped him find the words to tell her

The Guardian - AU

Aacta awards 2025: Robbie Williams’ Better Man and Boy Swallows Universe dominate Australian film and TV prizes

Biopic of British singer wins best film and best actor for motion capture star Johnno Davies, while Trent Dalton adaptation takes home 12 of 22 nominations

The Guardian - AU

Robbie Williams biopic Better Man and Boy Swallows Universe lead 2025 Aacta award nominations

Netflix adaptation of Trent Dalton’s novel lands 22 nominations, the most in Aacta history, while Williams’ Melbourne-made biopic sets new record for film with 16 nominations

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Netflix’s Territory is a Succession-like drama packed with family rivalry and betrayal, set in Australia’s outback

The Australian commissioning team at Netflix has had a pretty good run over the past 12 months. In January, the adaptation of Trent Dalton’s novel Boy Swallows Universe proved to be the most successful Australian-made show to that point, scoring 7.6 million views globally in its first two weeks.

The Conversation

Trent Dalton’s Love Stories review – a stage adaptation that grabs you by the heart

From the team that brought Boy Swallows Universe to the theatre comes a new work that tells a city’s worth of stories – and packs an emotional punch

The Guardian - AU

Trent Dalton takes Love Stories to the street and stage

Bestselling author Trent Dalton is returning to the streets of Brisbane to collect love stories. He'll have a typewriter, but will he bring his Logie?

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Rob Carlton is a willing participant in the Canberra Comedy Festival

The actor tells four funny and poignant life stories in his show.

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Is Australian TV in its golden era? The 2024 Aacta awards has a huge field of quality contenders

The past year has spoiled audiences with ambitious, gripping television. Some will be celebrated and plenty more will miss out

The Guardian - AU

Newcastle teen Isaac Strutt-Stevens has the Netflix universe at his feet

He has been praised for his Boy Swallows Universe performance.

Newcastle Herald

Is Boy Swallows Universe a true story? The real tale behind the tear-jerking Netflix series

Viewers want to know if Boy Swallows Universe is a true story as the Netflix series brings fans to tears with this new series

Woman & Home

Boy Swallows Universe review – Netflix’s Trent Dalton adaptation is one of a kind

This seven-part series based on the bestseller is impressive, following a young boy who must navigate 1980s Brisbane’s criminal world

The Guardian - AU

Brio, style and close reading: a collection of essays celebrates a remarkable publication

Critic Swallows Book collects 22 diverse essays from the Sydney Review of Books (SRB) to celebrate its ten-year anniversary. Established in 2013, the SRB is devoted to long form criticism and is an open access, online-only publication.

The Conversation

Lola in the Mirror by Trent Dalton review – a misguided bootstraps story drowning in sentimentality

The bestselling author has noble intentions but his third novel romanticises homelessness, perpetuating dangerous myths while charting nowhere new

The Guardian - AU

Why stolen Australian books are being used to train AI

Novels from best-selling Australian authors including Trent Dalton are being used to improve generative AI without their knowledge or consent.

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Your best weekend reads: Trent Dalton; Riverlights; Old Trafford; G-Pizza; music and more

What's in the Hunter's best weekend liftout.

The Guardian - AU

‘We’re a tough mob up here’: Queenslanders try to put on brave face after hat-trick of grand final heartaches

They’re shattered, gutted, cursing the football gods. And yet fans of the Broncos, Lions and Titans say they’d do it all again tomorrow

The Conversation

'I just find it very hard to talk about it without getting emotional': top journalists reveal their trade secrets to Leigh Sales

Journalist Samantha Maiden won Australia’s top award in journalism, the Gold Walkley, in 2022 for her coverage of the Brittany Higgins case. When talking to Leigh Sales about the experience of covering this story, for Sales’ new book, Storytellers, she found herself in tears.

Newcastle Herald

How a champion's moment 23 years ago helped light a fire that burns on

'I am reading a novel based on love stories'

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The Canberra Times

Canberra's favourite library books for 2022

Australian authors are very popular among Canberrans.

The New Daily

‘All these beautiful stars!’: Trent Dalton and acting royalty bring Boy Swallows Universe to the screen

After Boy Swallows Universe broke records , and became a hit stage production last year, Netflix has announced cast and production is now underway in Brisbane

ABC News

Boggo Road Gaol and Brisbane's dark side to feature heavily in Netflix production of Boy Swallows Universe

A Netflix adaptation of Trent Dalton’s best-selling book takes viewers inside a Brisbane landmark once home to rats, lice, and hardened criminals.

Newcastle Herald

Writers festival channels The Beatles and power of love

People queued for 90 minutes to get their book signed by Trent Dalton.

Newcastle Herald

Trent Dalton shares the love as Newcastle Writers Festival emerges COVID pandemic

Newcastle Writers Festival asks "What does the world need now?" and answers with big love and big ideas.

The New Daily

Grace Tame wows Adelaide Writers Week with a memoir of abuse, courage … and Scott Morrison

Grace Tame took to the stage at Adelaide Writers’ Week, alongside Jess Hill, author of Quarterly Essay 84: The Reckoning: How #MeToo is Changing Australia.

ABC News

Celebrating a decade of MUD Literary Club support for 'rank and file' writers at Adelaide Writers' Week

A philanthropic arts organisation that has supported famed writers like Hannah Kent, Tim Winton and Trent Dalton is celebrating its 10-year anniversary at Adelaide Writers' Week.

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