From salacious and savage to escapist and evocative, here are the page-turners Guardian Australia writers are whipping through on break. Now we want yours.

What’s the most engrossing, delightful book you return to on holidays? Join us in the comments and we’ll compile a list of readers’ picks

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Australians emerged from two years of lockdowns seemingly intent on putting the past behind them and embracing a newfound sense of liberty

Twelve months ago, as Australia’s most populous states savoured new post-lockdown freedoms, any possibility Covid-19 might slip from public consciousness was unthinkable.

People who devote their lives to preserving Aboriginal culture and heritage are often caught between local communities and the legacies of museums. Yuwaalaraay woman Jilda Andrews and John Carty, author of Balgo, chat to Paul Daley about the meaning of Country, anthropology and art in the Western Desert

Some things get easier with age. The intensity of my friendships and the emotionally sharing nature of them has deepened

I keep hearing it from men and women in my orbit: too many men in their lives are lonely and have no real mates with whom to workshop their intense emotional stuff.