Great expectations

Chrissy Sharp and Michael Williams talk to Peter Clarke about Melbourne’s new literary hub, the Wheeler Centre

02 Dec 09 | Comments (0)

Suburban mayhem

The Slap captures contemporary Australian life? Andrew Lynch isn’t so sure

17 Jun 09 | Comments (3)

Gulfs of desire

FICTION | Peter Craven reviews Colm Tóibín’s Brooklyn

15 Jun 09 | Comments (0)

Nineteen Eighty-Four turns sixty

It hasn’t happened yet, but Nineteen Eighty-Four has enough threads of prescience to keep us alert, writes Brian McFarlane

09 Jun 09 | Comments (1)

The rise and rise of Jane Austen

No matter how bad the adaptation or how silly the praise, Jane Austen’s novels contain some of the truest insights into human behaviour ever committed to the page, writes Brian McFarlane

04 May 09 | Comments (0)

The man and his city

Deep Water brings the Cliff Hardy count to thirty-four. Shane Maloney surveys the career of Sydney’s best-known private investigator

24 Apr 09 | Comments (0)

When towers topple

David Malouf’s Trojan tale soars then sinks, writes Glenn Nicholls

20 Apr 09 | Comments (0)

Slowly humanised

Judith Armstrong reviews Irène Némirovsky’s novel about a terrorist and his target

03 Feb 09 | Comments (0)

Reading Agatha Christie

Just below the surface is another, less orderly world, writes Dennis Altman

05 Jan 09 | Comments (3)