Bordering on the brink Dyson

Tough times for the big booksellers; why Mark Rubbo is looking for a free lunch; Diana Gabaldon's taste for men in kilts; the future of the Great Australian Novel; and the Wrangle at the Scarlet Stilettos. By Jason Steger.

Price rules in private equity refloats

Now that Kathmandu has floated successfully €“ as opposed to the lacklustre Myer performance and the failure of the Investa offering €“ private equity groups with retail assets are not likely to shy away from plans for upcoming listings.

coming home

Raised on a London housing estate before coming here on an adventure at 16, Alex Miller has become one of Australia's finest writers. But his youth as an outsider has left a scar, he tells John vanTiggelen.