Taking a book outside can be a practice in holding your attention.

Author Dillon Barr helps kids explore identity and creativity through interactive storytelling workshops in local schools.

The six inventive books shortlisted for the 2025 Miles Franklin explore ideas of identity, self and nationhood – and play with both ideas and form.

Elizabeth Kolbert, Bill McKibben, and Rivka Galchen on narratives of our era of strange, changing weather.

These stories span genres and tones, but they all share a deep curiosity about how we evolve individually, collectively and sometimes cosmically on a moon.

This week, three choices that will make for engaging conversations long after you’ve read the final chapters. Enjoy the ...