Stephen Romei

Stephen Romei writes on books and films. He was formerly literary editor at The Australian and The Weekend Australian.

Good luck finding a cinema screening The End of the Tour and Mississippi Grind.

Henry Kissinger’s authorised biographer magnificently depicts his evolution as a towering exponent of statecraft.

This seasoned political journalist has a theory about where national politics went wrong and how it can be fixed.

The lonely life of his protagonist charts changes in Turkish Nobel prize-winner Orhan Pamuk’s home town.

Malcolm Forbes

If this book is to be believed, Tony Abbott was a wimp largely controlled by his chief-of-staff.

Ross Fitzgerald

Black Inc’s annual anthologies provide a wonderfully insightful device for observing our collage nation.

Gregory Day

Our literary editor surveys a great year for good books and unearths a few hidden gems along the way.

Henry Kissinger’s authorised biographer, Niall Ferguson, has produced a masterpiece he expects to be savaged.

Searching for the perfect book for a little one for Christmas? You’ll find it here.

Oliver Sacks’s posthumously published Gratitude may be a small package but it’s full of big-heartedness.

a pair of ragged claws: stephen romei