April 1, 2018
Tim Winton’s ‘The Shepherd’s Hut’
Culture
One of Australia’s most acclaimed novelists offers a painful and beautiful story of redemption
Richard King
By this author
December 2, 2016
Dialectics of truthiness
blog
In the post-truth era, the politician talks out of his arse and his followers think with their guts
August 1, 2017
Where we live
Culture
Ian Strange’s latest exhibition, ‘ISLAND’, explores our complex relationship with the family home
October 27, 2015
Geert by sea
blog
The anti-Islam Australian Liberty Alliance may be very confused, but it’s still dangerous
July 10, 2015
Border farce
blog
The absurd double standard behind the government’s “sovereignty” message
May 15, 2015
Breathing the haunted air
blog
Richard Di Natale and the ideological roots of pragmatism
May 1, 2014
Ceridwen Dovey’s ‘Only the Animals’
Short Stories
Penguin; $29.99
March 1, 2014
The WA shark cull
essay
Behind the rhetoric of protesters and promoters