‘Literary couples are a plague,’ wrote Elsa Morante, married to Alberto Moravia. They’re one of the couples in this lively exploration of what happens when two writers share loves and lives.
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Jen Craig’s new novel Wall confirms she is an ambitious writer in the best sense: she wants to convey deeply conflicted and even contradictory states of being in the world.
Engineer and producer Tony Cohen made an astonishing contribution to Australian recorded music in the 70s and 80s – working with acts like The Saints, Nick Cave’s various bands, and the Go-Betweens.
Media Monsters deserves to stand among the giants of academic research and authorship on Australian media and political history.
Based on years of studying the science of emotions, a new book by Dacher Keltner makes the case for the life-affirming power of awe.
Much of the history of signals intelligence in Australia – revealing secrets and protecting one’s own – is tacit and poorly understood. A new book lifts the lid on this world.
For Franz Kafka, writing was a strange way of thinking and being in the world.
Three debut Australian novels explore diverse territory: the recognisable real world of parental estrangement, and a dystopian near-future where it never stops raining.
Call Me Marlowe is a cosmopolitan novel that that challenges our commitments to national stories.
There are no polemics in Serhii Plokhy’s book about the Russo-Ukranian war. The Ukranian historian lets the facts speak – showing remarkable restraint.
A new book, Unscripted, tells the incredible story of Sumner Redstone, the other model for Succession’s Logan Roy – and the epic succession journey of his daughter, Shari, now chair of ViacomCBS.
Reflecting on themes as diverse as motherhood, war, religion and memory, our experts were impressed by the 2023 shortlist.
In her latest novel, Emma Cline depicts a world of unthinking privilege.
A new book by German political economist Maja Göpel examines how dominant paradigms in economic thinking turn into assumptions –inhibiting action on climate change.
Deborah Levy’s new novel, set in our pandemic-era present, contains the heat and desire of a European summer and the upward struggle of a soul. Jane Gleeson-White says she ‘read it like a thriller’.
The Anniversary is a clever reflection on the relationship between art and life.
In a new edition of his classic work, Suzuki suggests the major crises we face – pandemics, climate disruption, biodiversity loss – all have roots in our lack of recognition of our place in nature.
A new poetry collection takes falling as its unifying theme, but the contents suggest something more horizontal and glitchy.
In a new book, On The Origin of Time, Belgian physicist Thomas Hertog unravels Stephen Hawking’s last theory, which focuses upon one of the biggest questions of all.
A philosopher and mother argues parents must attempt to tackle the problems caused by climate change – for their kids. Not doing so is like ‘reading them a bedtime story while the house burns down’.
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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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Dennis Altman is a Friend of The Conversation.
VC Fellow, La Trobe University
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Deputy Director, Institute for Ethics, Governance & Law, Griffith University
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Senior Lecturer in English Literature, Charles Sturt University
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Professor of Conservation Biology, Charles Darwin University
