Rich with evocative detail, an author’s personal account of childlessness has no neat narrative arc, but is touched by grace and acceptance.
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The Furies is a devastating book, but one that hints at the possibility of redemption and reckoning.
Helen Garner is the pioneer of fearless self-revelation in Australian literature. Writer Sean O'Beirne examines his own literary fear and fearlessness: should he ‘give’ more, as Garner does?
In his latest book, David Brooks questions human exceptionalism, drawing on the work of a wide range of thinkers and writers.
The Fish is a novel about a writer’s growth to maturity, but it is also a strange story about family breakdown, difference and shame.
Explicitly intended for a broad, educated audience, Guilty Pigs is an accessible work that reveals there is almost no aspect of the law that does not touch on the lives of nonhuman animals.
In her brave new book The Cost of Labour, Natalie Kon-yu examines the mental stresses women face in pregnancy and childbirth.
The sophomore effort of a writer whose debut novel was widely acclaimed is gorgeously realised, but more commercial in tone.
Anna Clark’s latest work scrutinises the role History has played in nation building and the shaping of Australian culture, but her book has an absent philosophical centre.
The Nobel Laureate’s new experimental epic is a masterful account of the life of a self-proclaimed Messiah.
The intimate connections between life and art are explored in the deeply satisfying conclusion to a quartet of novels about one of the greatest poets of the 20th century.
In Killernova, celebrations of history, nature and heritage are tinged with despair at contemporary degradation of nature, bringing catastrophic loss.
Warren Ward’s Lovers of Philosophy thoughtfully, and only a little salaciously, explores the impact of philosophers’ love lives on their thinking.
Laurie Penny’s new book Sexual Revolution offers a muddled perspective on this moment of profound cultural change, in contrast to Australian journalist Amy Remeikis’ powerful new work.
John Woinarksi’s copy of this 1935 classic of environmental writing is older than him, mostly broken, much read and priceless.
A new book argues that bias is at the root of many social divisions and inequalities, but remains optimistic about our capacity to change.
A decade ago, it was hoped the Gonski reforms would level the playing field for Australian students, but the system is now even more unfair. A new book lays out how it all went wrong.
For nine years, The Stella Count has tracked the gender of authors reviewed in key Australian publications. The bias once firmly favoured men. But things have changed.
Over the past half a century, Australian women’s art has gone from the margins to the mainstream. A new book mapping this story is a flawed, colourful kaleidoscope.
Detailed accounts from original documents offer insights into the secret operations of the CIA in Africa.
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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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Professor, Chair of Australian Literature, The University of Western Australia
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Adjunct professor, University of Technology Sydney
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Senior Lecturer, Writing, Department of Media and Communication, Swinburne University of Technology
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Political Scientist, University of the Western Cape
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Professor of English Literature, University of Southern Queensland
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Emeritus Professor of Creative Writing, The University of Melbourne
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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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Professor of Psychology, The University of Melbourne
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Deputy Director, Institute for Ethics, Governance & Law, Griffith University
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VC Fellow, La Trobe University
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Professor of Conservation Biology, Charles Darwin University
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Senior Lecturer, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Deakin University
