Richard Johnstone considers the art of screen adaptation – with and without a literary source
02 Jun 11 Comments (0)A first: John Lang, Australian novelist
BOOKS | Brian McFarlane reviews a novel by an Australian, set in Britain and first published in India
27 Jan 11 Comments (0)Each man was an island
BOOKS | Glenn Nicholls reviews the German-language edition of Herta Müller’s latest novel, Everything I Possess I Carry with Me
19 Oct 10 Comments (0)Kindling
BOOKS | Terry Lane reads a few new novels, and a pile of old ones, on his brand new Kindle, and discovers that it’s not always the same experience
06 Oct 10 Comments (1)The truth and nothing but
BOOKS | Maria Edgeworth’s last novel shows the influence of Jane Austen but also foreshadows Elizabeth Gaskell’s broader social range, writes Brian McFarlane
16 Sep 10 Comments (0)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)
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)
Slowly humanised
Judith Armstrong reviews Irène Némirovsky’s novel about a terrorist and his target
03 Feb 09 Comments (0)
