At 82, Helen Garner ... to the task of writing a happy story. Aged 81 when she began following the Flemington Colts, she was unsure whether she was capable of completing the book.

Garner has the confidence and stubbornness to write about the ways a photo might show something unintended. As a writer, she ...

Description of a Struggle.” Jonathan Franzen hands me a journal he’s found in a bin, a record of his day-to-day entries from ...

She was honored on Broadway for roles in “Pal Joey” and “No, No, Nanette” and then turned to TV, where she won three Daytime ...

When asked her secret to such a long life she would say “live life to the fullest and eat lots of ice cream”, and she did. Helen was predeceased by her parents, and her brother Byron.

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Here are the year’s notable fiction, poetry and nonfiction, chosen by the staff of The New York Times Book Review ... about how much she influenced his writing. In an eye-opening collection ...

Cherished Australian writer Helen Garner thought she had written her last book, until her grandson lured her out of writing retirement. Read the exclusive first extract of the book he inspired.

In a book penned before Helene, a 13-year-old girl saves people and animals in a historic flood in the North Carolina mountains.

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