Literature

4 Nov 2025 | A landmark new book, expanding on Rachel Perkins’ acclaimed documentary, confronts the truth of ...

31 Oct 2025 | Tony Abbott’s new book attempts to revive an outdated ‘three cheers’ narrative of White ...

26 Sep 2025 | Marking half a century since its groundbreaking first edition, Exclusion, Exploitation and Exte ...

13 Sep 2025 | Charlotte DeCroes Jacobs' '90 Seconds to Midnight: A Hiroshima Survivor’s Nuclear Odyssey' ...

12 Sep 2025 | In her new book, Erna Walraven draws on decades of experience with animals to challenge the myths ...

19 Aug 2025 | An ironic censorship saga has threatened the very existence of an entire literary festival.

18 Aug 2025 | A censorship row over La Trobe University’s definition of antisemitism triggered mass withdra ...

14 Aug 2025 | The author of 'Brokeback Mountain' is still writing stories full of political and social relevance ...

6 Aug 2025 | As screen culture takes over, deep reading and the critical thinking it fosters are quietly fading ...

25 Jul 2025 | When wokeness becomes a smokescreen for inequality, the elite just keeps real change out of ...

23 Jul 2025 | Jane Austen’s most overlooked heroine speaks volumes about the toxic masculinity still domina ...

10 Jul 2025 | Social media platforms have become the most prevalent and powerful influence on our personal ...

4 Jul 2025 | A new book uncovers the overlooked history of Australia’s deep entanglement with Antarctica, a ...

27 Jun 2025 | Pat Comben’s searing political autopsy of Peter Dutton argues that voters didn’t just reject a ...

24 Jun 2025 | Kehlmann’s haunting novel 'The Director' uses Austrian filmmaker GW Pabst’s story during th ...

20 Jun 2025 | Stephen Bruyant-Langer’s ‘The Existential Playbook’ offers a path to meaning and reinvent ...

13 Jun 2025 | Kate Grenville retraces her ancestors’ colonial paths across Australia, confronting the legacy ...

3 Apr 2025 | Creative artists who platform against genocide should be applauded, not vilified, writes Rosemary ...

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