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A new poetry collection takes falling as its unifying theme, but the contents suggest something more horizontal and glitchy.
John Tranter’s poetry was defined by his relentless desire to experiment.
Alexis Wright’s latest novel is an elegy and an ode to Aboriginal law and sovereignty: innovative, visionary, and volcanic in its rage.
In his latest novel, Gregory Day forces the reader to slow down and attend to the ecology of place.
Crime fiction’s place-specific exploration of justice seems ideally suited to Indigenous authors wanting to explore historical and contemporary issues.
Plagiarism can feel like a personal deception, but there is something tragic about it too.
Paul Dalgarno’s latest novel is a meditation on the sorrows that rip a family apart and a celebration of the love that threads it back together.
Set in the northern suburbs of Melbourne, Shirley switches between psychological realism and playful satire.
Reading, as the Prime Minister has reminded us, got many of us through lockdowns. And there are some major initiatives for writing and publishing in the new national cultural policy.
The concept of a national poet laureate has a long history. The establishment of an official Australian position represents an unmissable opportunity.
Simmone Howell pays tribute to the life and work of ‘kind and hilarious gem’ Gabrielle Williams, acclaimed Australian author of young adult fiction, who died on Saturday.
Edwina Preston tells why her favourite literary heroine is Seven Little Australians’ Judy Woolcot and her ‘bone-true authenticity of self’ – beating fellow tomboys Jo March and Anne Shirley.
An exceptionally talented writer, Shirley Hazzard is cherished for her novels The Great Fire and The Transit of Venus. Her life defends the right to be unfashionable and the value of learning.
The winners of the Prime Minister’s Literary Awards have been announced. The awards are contentious – but are fought over precisely because of their symbolic and enduring cultural function
In her essay on the work of Tim Winton, Geraldine Brooks is looking for a punch-up with academics and critics.
Kim Mahood understands that frontiers have always been places of interchange, where overt power disparities often come disquietingly undone.
The question behind Tom Keneally’s latest novel is how a political idealist striving for his country’s freedom could end up supporting slavery.
Antigone Kefala’s brilliant fiction, memoir and poetry is written in a new revived English.
With its lovingly rendered characters and sharp aphoristic prose, Sweeney and the Bicycles is a study in radical self-absorption.
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Dean, Graduate Research, University of Canberra
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