Review: Tripping Over Myself — A window into the world of Australian comedy
Micallef narrates his memoir like he’s playing a character on his comedy show.
Gilgamesh and the Invisible Hand
Sometimes we cling to theories of global orders and forget these theories don’t always lead where they should.
Review: The Liars – A complex thriller invaluable to the end
Despite its fantastical elements, it is embedded in social issues of our time.
“Where’s my legacy gone?”: The chronic misrepresentation of poet Gwen Harwood
In the eyes of the media she was housewife first, poet never.
Collective reading and the politics of reading together
The process of collective reading is a stark contrast to how we often conceive of reading as a solitary act
Review: All That's Left Unsaid — A delicate intertwining of nostalgia and the reality of loss
Lien skilfully crafts a poignant and gripping crime novel, although it feels reductive to refer to it as one.
Review: My Sweet Guillotine — An enjoyable, easy read, but don’t expect much more than that
Jayne Tuttle’s My Sweet Guillotine was an enjoyable, easy read about love and French culture. But don’t expect much more than that.
UnSteady: The story of the Great Australian Novel that never was
Christina Stead, novelist, Marxist, and Sydneysider, has been allowed to fade into partial canonical obscurity, in part due to failures to Americanise her unequivocally Australian work.