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John Huxley notes the range of international luminaries who have visited Australia and the literary assocations that have sprung from those visits. Huxley's list of visitors includes Mark Twain, Charles Darwin, Agatha Christie, H. G. Wells and D. H. Lawrence.
Susan Wyndham reports on the 2010 Australian bestseller list. Eight of the top ten titles are fiction; all eight are by non-Australian writers. The top-selling Australian fiction title for 2010 was Bryce Courtenay's Fortune Cookie, followed by Di Morrissey's The Plantation.