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A major new history of the Australian novel is shaped by the recent renaissance in Indigenous writing, but there are some notable omissions.
Gabrielle Carey’s last book, about her beloved James Joyce, also includes her own life as a reader, and makes us see things that hurt and delight her.
A new book designed to interest potential and beginning readers also offers plenty of new ideas to interest well-versed Murnanians.
In her latest book, Sarah Krasnostein goes straight for the soul of Peter Carey’s writing.
Four years after his death, Harold Bloom continues to loom large over American literature, but his signature work has been less influential in the field of literary studies.
D.H. Lawrence is a writer who provokes adoration or loathing, depending on one’s taste, politics and patience. How reliable is he as a guide to life?
An expert in the representation of the Holocaust on film explains the responsibility of the reader to educate themselves beyond the depth of a single work of fiction.
In her essay on the work of Tim Winton, Geraldine Brooks is looking for a punch-up with academics and critics.
Miles Franklin Award winning novelist Amanda Lohrey explores the political and the personal in a way that makes her unique among contemporary Australian writers.
How do editors decide what books get reviewed? Spoiler alert: it’s not meritocratic.
Last year saw the first cohort of English literature students who were born in or beyond 2000 – the so-called digital generation. I wanted to know whether the classics still affected their lives.
Graphic novels have a long history and are becoming an ever-more popular way of bringing profound and complex stories to life.
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Chair of Irish Studies, The University of Melbourne
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Professor, Chair of Australian Literature, The University of Western Australia
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Professor of Film Studies, Bangor University
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Professor in Modern and Contemporary Literature, Northumbria University, Newcastle
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Lecturer, Department of English, Creative Writing and Film, University of Adelaide
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Senior Lecturer in English, Australian National University
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Associate professor, Edith Cowan University
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Senior Lecturer (English and Drama), Australian National University
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Senior Lecturer in English, University of Tasmania
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Associate Professor (Affiliate), Australian Literature, University of Sydney
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Professor of English, Writing and Society Research Centre, Western Sydney University
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Professor of English and Creative Writing, University of Adelaide
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PhD Candidate, Latin American Studies, Trinity College Dublin
