Literature
‘Conspire’ in a great new IA book offer

Novelist Graham Jackson reviews IA contributor Victoria Rollison’s new political thriller, with ...  
Melbourne’s New York love affair

Why are Melburnians lining up outside in the freezing cold to see a few New York magazine editors? ...  
Of loves and labours found – or at least imagined

Mark Batistich reviews a new play written by Bob Ellis and Denny Lawrence now premiering in ...  
Much ado about Shakespeare

It is said we stand on Shakespeare's shoulders, but Bob Ellis says he stood on greater shoulder ...  
The Prince of Letters, Gore Vidal

Bob Ellis recalls a man he knew — one of the greatest writers, and minds, of our time, the ...  
Shakespeare in Italy — in Adelaide

Australian literary legend Bob Ellis has a new play about the life of Shakespeare that goes on ...  
The Legend of Wunda Woman

It isn't necessary to fund chaplains in schools, says Graham Jackson; that money would be better ...  
Canberra Times silently cuts its book pages

Fairfax has outsourced Canberra Times book reviews to other Fairfax publications, but without ...  
Can Do a Stewpid State

On 3 April 2012, a mere ten days after the LNP landslide win in the recent Queensland state ...  
Nuclear powered action with Target Isotope

Managing editor David Donovan reviews Pete Hancock’s new nuclear powered thriller, 'Target ...  
The rare and remarkable Robert Hollingworth

Robert Hollingworth’s "Smythe's Theory of Everything" is reviewed by Rocky Dabscheck — music ...  
The Vernacular Republic

It’s been just on 35 years since Les Murray’s 'The Vernacular Republic' selection of poems was ...  
REVIEW of Our Corrupt Legal System by Evan Whitton

John Turnbull reviews five-time Walkley Award winning journalist Evan Whitton’s latest book ...  
A Private Life with Michael Kirby

Former High Court Justice Michael Kirby’s new autobiography ‘A Private Life’ sets the record ...  
Unfolding republican futures

Australia’s emerging republican speculative fiction genre includes a number of examples where ...  
Cry and Die! The tearful fate of opera heroines

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Readers Niche: everything about literature except the books

Readers' Niche is a unique online Australian store, selling everything relating to literature — ...  
Glenn Patmore's 'Choosing the Republic': a review

Professor John Warhurst reviews Glenn Patmore's book,  'Choosing the Republic', which sets out ...  

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