Congratulations to Shankari Chandran, whose novel Chai Time at Cinnamon Gardens won the Miles Franklin Literary Award. The book is set in a Western Sydney nursing home run by a Tamil wife and husband, which sounds calming until the rage and violence seep in…

If you’re a diehard Hass avocado fan and can’t get onboard the Shepherd train, your interest might be piqued by a new variety.

The Luna avocado has been unveiled by scientists, who promise it “ripens very well”. Providing some competition in the ‘big things’ category is a recently unveiled Big Peanut in the small US town of Ashburn in Georgia. Anaphylactics should probably leave it off their itinerary…