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History and suffering matter in the latest instalment of the American author’s Gilead novels
The celebrated Australian author’s ‘Collected Stories’ sets private desperation in the cosmopolitan Europe she revered
Dividing the Tasman: ‘Empire and the Making of Native Title’
Historian Bain Attwood examines the different approaches to sovereignty in the New Zealand and Australian settlements
Cancel the woke: ‘Cynical Theories’
Helen Pluckrose and James Lindsay attack ‘wokeism’ with a reductive account of its theoretical underpinnings
Towards redemption: Sofie Laguna’s ‘Infinite Splendours’
The Miles Franklin–winning author’s latest novel is an invasive, challenging story of child abuse and its repercussions
‘The Living Sea of Waking Dreams’ by Richard Flanagan
The Booker Prize winner’s allegorical new novel about the permanence of loss
Rebuilding a more egalitarian, altruistic and communitarian society without sacrificing individual liberties
Now, then: Yanis Varoufakis’s ‘Another Now’
The economist and author’s alternative future asks clarifying questions about the present
Humphrey McQueen’s influential book questioned the nation-building myths of the time
Character study: Craig Silvey on ‘Honeybee’
The author’s first novel since ‘Jasper Jones’ raises questions about who should tell contemporary trans stories