The Australian Classification Board wants to litigate the worthiness of books, films and television in the light of evolving community standards. It may not be outright censorship, but it’s certainly bowdlerisation of a kind.
Chief literary critic Geordie Williamson previews the titles we can look forward to this year – in both fiction and nonfiction.
If Tim Winton’s first novel concerned with climate change, 2013’s Eyrie, was a secular gospel – an account of redemption in a fallen world – then this is the Book of Revelation.
Australia’s first – and to this point, only – Poet Laureate was a man of undeniable industry but without talent to match. Though his gifts were limited, there’s a reason we’re returning to his story.
This is a thoughtful and intimate account of the lives of Celia and Mamaine Paget, whose lives were linked by friendship and marriage to a bohemian world of mid-century writers and intellectuals.
The two sons of Gabriel Garcia Marquez have decided that the world should read his last book, written while the Nobel laureate grappled with dementia.
Whether you’re looking ahead to your own reading or forward planning for your book club, these are the titles to keep an eye on in the coming year.
Booker prize winner Richard Flanagan conducts a radical experiment with his new book, Question 7.
A new book written entirely by ChatGPT is revealing. AI looks set on taking our patrimony as a species and selling it back to us at a mark-up.
George Orwell’s first wife, Eileen, emerges from Anna Funder’s new book as a vibrant and intelligent partner, strangely overlooked by many of Orwell’s other biographers.
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