Our Team

Geordie WilliamsonChief Literary Critic

Guerilla philosopher Damon Young makes a compelling case for why endurance reading matters.

Shirley Hazzard’s writings eloquently bear out her love of literary humanism and her faith in the power of posterity.

In American scholar Nicholas Birns, Australian literature has found a committed and honest umpire.

Fiona McFarlane’s remarkable collection of short stories rove the land with skill and subtlety.

The late Kenneth Cook created a hellish vision in his novel Wake in Fright. Now there’s a new full-throttle thriller.

How the Sydney Lindt cafe siege left its mark on a collection of the best Australian essays from this year.

Garth Risk Hallberg dives into the moshpit of 1970s New York in his much-anticipated new novel.

French writer Michel Houellebecq has produced a hugely controversial book disguised as a damp squib.

Tony Birch licks his world into shape with the rough delicacy of a big cat cleaning its cubs.

Jeff Nunokawa’s year-long social media experiment is like looking at a single subject through a three-part mirror.