
In light of recent events
Who’s preferencing whom?October 19, 2011
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Melbourne Writers Festival 2011 Sessions on SlowTV
A compilation of lectures and talks from this year's Melbourne Writers Festival.
Plotting the perfect crime – Tess Gerritsen and Michael Robotham
Birds of a feather – Jonathan Franzen
All That I Am – Anna Funder in conversation
Kate Grenville in conversation with Ramona Koval
Why we still need feminism – Sophie Cunningham
Ann Patchett in conversation with Jane Sullivan
1835: The founding of Melbourne – James Boyce in conversation
Hamlet's BlackBerry: William Powers on life in the digital age
Pakistan, Afghanistan and the struggle for democracy – Malalai Joya
Eliot Weinberger in conversation with Ramona Koval
Power without responsibility – Robert Manne in conversation with Eric Beecher
In light of recent events
Who’s preferencing whom?Ghost notes: Simon Tedeschi’s ‘Fugitive’
A virtuoso memoir of music and trauma, and his experiences as a child prodigy, from the acclaimed Australian pianistThe quip and the dead: Steve Toltz’s ‘Here Goes Nothing’
A bleakly satirical look at death and the afterlife from the wisecracking author of ‘A Fraction of the Whole’Election special: Who should you vote for?
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Undecided about who to vote for in the upcoming federal election? Take our quiz to find out your least-worst option!Remembrance or forgetting?
The Australian War Memorial and the Great Australian SilenceProperty damage
What will it take for Australia to fix the affordable housing crisis?Present indicative: Daniel Johns’ ‘FutureNever’
The former Silverchair frontman’s second solo album lacks cohesion, but affords him space to excavate his past