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Prophetic Political Writing (University of Melbourne University News)

A long-time ABC TV Lateline fan, this reviewer was concerned that her review of The Best Australian Political Writing edited by Tony Jones, would be biased – and it is – the four-time Walkley Award winning journalist presents a must-read selection of incisive analytical pieces covering the past year in politics.

Jemima Kiss: Searching for success in a digital age (Guardian Unlimited)

New media, Jemima Kiss: We only have to look at one company to see the power of search: Google is valued at £43.5bn, at the time of writing

Sports writer George Kimball: My close-up view of boxing's golden age (Independent)

How many times has a drunk put you in a steely grip and told you that the world wouldn't believe his story, and that, boy, did he have a book to write, and maybe one day he would get round to writing it?

Stanford students try writing a graphic novel (San Francisco Chronicle)

Tom Kealey has taught a lot of writing classes at Stanford University, but never one that asked students to consider the dramatic pause provided by the "page flip." Or how wide to draw "the gutter." Kealey and co-instructor Adam Johnson taught a winter course...

Operatic journey: Carly Simon's 'Romulus Hunt' deals with the pain of divorce (Miami Herald)

''As usual,'' Carly Simon says, ''I was writing about my life and trying to screw it up just enough so it wouldn't be totally accurate.''