It’s remarkable to see these three innovative, bravely experimental and often unsettling Australian story collections – by a debut author and two prize-winners – published so closely together.
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The third book to feature the eponymous detective is a whydunnit not a whodunnit.
The book makes invaluable contributions to subjects of race, identity and belonging and how they shape human interrelations.
The Modern, a debut novel centred on an Australian researcher at New York’s MoMA, muses on modern art and relationships – riffing off MoMA artists like Grace Hartigan and Nan Goldin.
A new book sheds light on the moral frameworks of human governance among our First Nations, showing how we can heal as a nation by living with each other and the natural world.
In Kairos, a relationship between a young woman and an older married man captures the difficulties and ambivalences of German reunification.
Today there are few countries in the Indo-Pacific which share so much in common, in both values and interests, than India and Australia. Andrew Charlton’s new book examines the possibilities.
The new Quarterly Essay weaves personal history and detailed policy analysis, examining the unintended consequences of the NDIS, and how we can best realise the scheme’s original intent.
The court would laugh at rather than with the fool.
A new book delves into the species that live in, on and near Melbourne’s Yarra: from the millions of humans who rely on it for water to creatures such as owls, wallabies and flying foxes.
Jessica Kirkman introduces readers to her Deaf grandparents’ experience – and to Deaf culture – in her memoir. And Sam Drummond recalls growing up with pseudoachondroplasia (a form of dwarfism) in his.
Online reading communities have been around for a while but none of them have captured the attention of readers, publishers and retailers quite like BookTok.
Perception and reality collide when a mother and daughter are compelled to live in the shadow of a monstrous artist.
Zadie Smith evokes the complexities of race, class and colonisation in her novel about a scandal that titillated Victorian England.
Multinational corporations can dictate how resources are allocated, territories are governed, and justice is defined.
Martin Puchner’s engaging new history argues that every culture has its backstory of influences
Leigh Sales’ new book shares the insights of more than 30 prominent and experienced Australian journalists, including Laurie Oakes, Samantha Maiden and Trent Dalton, about their craft.
God Forgets About the Poor is one part family saga, one part autofiction, one part Proustian journey through memory.
The hunt for sleep has become a global industry, with apps, drugs, self-help remedies. In a new book, author Marie Darrieussecq contemplates the curse of insomnia.
An irresistible history of the OED reveals that English is a global language in its sources, its reach and its ownership.
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Executive Dean (interim) Faculty of Arts and Design, University of Canberra
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Associate Professor in Media, University of Notre Dame Australia
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Adjunct professor, University of Technology Sydney
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Professor, Chair of Australian Literature, The University of Western Australia
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Emeritus Professor of Creative Writing, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of English Literature, University of Southern Queensland
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Senior Lecturer, Writing, Department of Media and Communication, Swinburne University of Technology
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Professor of Communication, Deakin University
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PhD Candidate, School of Culture and Communication, The University of Melbourne
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Political Scientist, University of the Western Cape
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Professor of Psychology, The University of Melbourne
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