Les Murray’s signature style was a potent mix of ordinary language, specialist vocabulary, and eccentric syntax. His poetry made us see things anew.
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Ellen N. La Motte’s ‘The Backwash of War’ was praised for its clear-eyed portrayal of war, but was swiftly banned. Yet the similarities between her spare prose and Hemingway’s are unmistakable.
An emerging genre of fiction in France is providing an unlikely brand of escapism.
Reading and writing may have evolved thanks to a natural ability of the brain’s visual cortex to process geometrical shapes.
Margaret Atwood’s classic novel imagined a society where women had almost no power. Hundreds of people gathered in Sydney yesterday to hear Atwood speak about dystopias – fictional and otherwise.
There needs to be more opportunity in school and at home for students to learn to write for enjoyment.
How books can help veterans overcome physical and mental trauma.
The author of First You Write a Sentence makes a strong case for the humble full stop.
Does Anne Moody’s memoir represent how far we’ve come as a society? Or is it a stark reminder of how far we need to go?
Writing based on observation and empathy is one thing; but interviewing the people whose experiences you aim to depict - and showing them your work - is quite another.
With The Dying Trade, Peter Corris introduced Australia to one of its most successful crime heroes, Cliff Hardy.
The current debate about comparability would be more concerning if 2018 results showed radically different trends compared to previous years, but they don’t.
The socially and ethnically diverse working classes are not being heard. A recent project aims to change that.
Australia’s rich tradition of crime fiction is little known – early tales told of bushrangers and convicts, one hero was a mining engineer turned amateur detective – but it reveals a range of national myths and fantasies.
A new study shows that writing about positive experiences for 20 minutes a day can reduce stress and anxiety.
Globalism has made it easier than ever to visit faraway places – and easier to never really leave home while you’re there.
What happens to motivated, determined and egotistical men when they are forced to abandon the White House? As John Quincy Adams once said, ‘There is nothing more pathetic in life than a former president.’
Writing groups provide a space where the “rules of the game” of academia become clear.
A new room will open at the NSW State LIbrary today, furnished with objects from Donald and Myfanwy Horne’s study. Their daughter, Julia, reflects here on a writing partnership and the room that fostered it.
Whether you loved him or hated him, his canonical status is beyond question.
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