Jonathan Watts relates the extraordinary life of scientist, engineer, Gaia theorist and spy, Englishman James Lovelock.

Martine Kropkowski’s debut crime fiction delves into the devastating consequences of the epidemic of violence against women.

The Season, Helen Garner’s account of a single season of her grandson’s AFL team, is about more than football.

The controversial author of Atomised sets his new – and possibly last – novel in the world of French politics.

Cher is a genuine superstar who has had an extraordinary career across music, film and television. Now her memoir recounts ...

In Austrian writer Eva Menasse’s new novel, the residents of a small border town are shaken when uncomfortable truths from the past come to light. Darkenbloom is a fictitious small town on the ...