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“Just one insecure species trying to get an A+ at intergalactic show and tell. For as long as we can remember we’ve been left home alone and God we just wish our neighbours would drop by with some food and a hug.”

LiteratureAidan PollockDecember 18, 2024Australiana, Australian literature

Review: Tripping Over Myself — A window into the world of Australian comedy

Micallef narrates his memoir like he’s playing a character on his comedy show.

LiteratureFaye TangOctober 9, 2022memoir, Australian literature, comedian, book review, shaun micallef

Review: The Liars – A complex thriller invaluable to the end

Despite its fantastical elements, it is embedded in social issues of our time.

LiteratureSylvia YeOctober 4, 2022book review, Australian literature, crime

“Where’s my legacy gone?”: The chronic misrepresentation of poet Gwen Harwood

In the eyes of the media she was housewife first, poet never.

LiteratureAriana HaghighiOctober 4, 2022Australian literature, poetry

Review: All That's Left Unsaid — A delicate intertwining of nostalgia and the reality of loss

Lien skilfully crafts a poignant and gripping crime novel, although it feels reductive to refer to it as one.

LiteratureAlexandra DentSeptember 12, 2022book review, vietnam, Australian literature, crime

Review: My Sweet Guillotine — An enjoyable, easy read, but don’t expect much more than that

Jayne Tuttle’s My Sweet Guillotine was an enjoyable, easy read about love and French culture. But don’t expect much more than that.

LiteratureLizzy KwokSeptember 7, 2022book review, Australian literature, paris, Jayne Tuttle

UnSteady: The story of the Great Australian Novel that never was

Christina Stead, novelist, Marxist, and Sydneysider, has been allowed to fade into partial canonical obscurity, in part due to failures to Americanise her unequivocally Australian work.

LiteratureGrace LaganAugust 21, 2022Australian literature, Miles Franklin, Christina Stead