"When she was born, we wanted to teach her Punjabi as well as English, but we had some books, picture books, which were either only in Punjabi or in English." So, Mr Bains and his Australian born ...

The Melbourne Prize for Literature celebrates ... by small press Giramondo — which remains Wright's publisher. The book centres on the Phantom family, who live in the fictional town of Desperance.

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Big-name commercial fiction writers are rarely seen at literary festivals – but new Melbourne Writers Festival director Veronica ...