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December, 2023
Richard Flanagan's ‘Question 7’
A slim volume of big ideas that takes in H.G. Wells, chain reaction, Hiroshima and the author’s near-death experience on the Franklin River
December, 2023
The celebrated American author’s latest book, ‘The Vulnerables’, completes a loose trilogy of hybrid autobiographical and fictional novels
December, 2023
The laureate of the Western Australian surf break sees a task ahead for our essayists, our novelists and our poets alike in the fight against climate catastrophe
November, 2023
Christos Tsiolkas’s ‘The In-Between’
The latest from the acclaimed Australian author throws scorn at those who claim virtue and the complete control of their desires
November, 2023
M. John Harrison’s ‘Wish I Was Here’
The uncategorisable English author delivers an ‘anti-memoir’ meditating on the profound relationships between memory, imagination and fiction
October, 2023
The four young characters of the Swedish author’s slender volume grippingly embody everyday life, its enduring relationships and its anxieties
October, 2023
An open heart: Robyn Davidson’s ‘Unfinished Woman’
The author of ‘Tracks’ takes stock in middle age, in a memoir encompassing her mother’s tragic early death, mental health, and her relationship with Salman Rushdie
September, 2023
Yanis Varoufakis’s ‘Technofeudalism: What Killed Capitalism’
The economist and author’s latest book considers how 21st-century capitalism resembles feudalism, and offers an alternative
September, 2023
The acclaimed English writer’s latest book employs its 19th-century setting to interrogate the form of the novel
September, 2023
Purple reign: The 75th anniversary of ‘The Phantom’
The longevity of the world’s first costumed superhero reflects an Australian publishing success story