RECENT NEWS
Reviews
Spectator Books of the Year
Mark Mason, The Spectator· 31 October 2026
Humans will never again create a project quite like Wikipedia
The Economist· 30 October 2026
Is Wikipedia the ‘Last Best Place on the Internet’?
Jennifer Szalai, The New York Times (New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice) · 21 October 2026
Wikipedia’s Pyrrhic Victory
Julian Lucas, The New Yorker · 21 October 2026
An Elegy Too Soon?
Heather Ford, Inside Story · 15 October 2026
The Last Best Place on the Internet
Publishers Weekly · 15 October 2026
The Last Best Place on the Internet
Kirkus Reviews · 15 October 2026
The Last Best Place on the Internet
Richard King, The Saturday Paper · 14 October 2026
Cabinet of Curiosities
Megan Marz, The Baffler · 13 October 2026
How Wikipedia’s History Paved the Way for AI Chatbots
Noam Cohen, Bloomberg · 9 October 2026
Australia’s Best Books of October 2026
The Guardian · 5 October 2026
The Last Best Place on the Internet (starred review)
Michael Rodriguez, Library Journal · 1 August 2026
Articles and Extracts
Why Wikipedia Is a Wonder of the Modern World—That We’ll Never See the Likes of Again
Extract, Literary Hub · 22 October 2026
Wikipedia Often Gets Taken for Granted – But Its History Is Fascinating, and Its Future Is Fragile
Richard Cooke, The Guardian · 19 October 2026
Book Excerpt: The Last Best Place on the Internet
Extract, WIRED · 13 October 2026
Q&A: Richard Cooke, Author of The Last Best Place on the Internet
Black Inc. · 13 October 2026
Interviews and Appearances
NPR WGVU
Shelley Irwin show · 30 October 2026
Bookum Author Talk
Bookum podcast · 23 October 2026
Richard Cooke – Wikipedia Will Save Us
A Fresh Face in Hell with Jonathan Evison · 22 October 2026
6RTR FM
Perth · 20 October 2026
Evenings with Helen Shield
ABC Radio Hobart · 19 October 2026
Inside the Wide World of Wikipedia
The Radio National Hour with Fran Kelly, ABC RN · 19 October 2026 · also on Apple Podcasts
October Book Club with Author Garth Jones
The Justin Hamilton Podcast · 15 October 2026
The Julie Mason Show
SiriusXM, Washington DC · 15 October 2026
Bonus: Richard Cooke Book Launch Interview
Down Round podcast, recorded live at Gleebooks Sydney · 15 October 2026
Byte Into IT: Richard Cooke Explores the World and History of Wikipedia
RRR Melbourne · 14 October 2026
WA Afternoons with Jo Trilling
ABC Radio Perth · 14 October 2026
Has the World’s First Universal Encyclopedia Taught Us… Nothing?
Charlie Lewis, Crikey · 13 October 2026
Planet America Extra
ABC podcast (YouTube) · 11 September 2026
Uncommon Sense: Richard Cooke on Wikipedia’s Wild Cultural Impact
RRR Melbourne · 10 February 2026
Other News
Netflix appearance
I am in every episode of Dynasty: The Murdochs.
PEP Podcast
I went on the Planet America Extra Podcast to talk about Elon Musk
Walkley Awards winner
Awarded the 2023 Walkley Award for Feature Writing Long (Over 4000 Words) for ‘Being John Hughes’
Mid-Year Walkley Awards winner
Awarded the 2023 June Andrews Award for Arts Journalism for the ‘The John Hughes literary plagiarism series’ (with Anna Verney)
‘The Last Best Place on the Internet’
(keynote speech, Worlds of Wikipedia conference, the University of Sydney)
The Long Lede
(mentorship program, Judith Neilson Institute)
A Brief History of Crypto So Far
(four part feature, The Saturday Paper)
The Book Proposal
(instructional course, Faber Academy)
Steve Toltz - Here Goes Nothing
(book review essay, The Monthly)
Market of the apes: NFTs and digital art
(feature story, The Monthly)
The Murdochs: Empire of Influence
(appearance, CNN)