Our Team

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

Stephen FitzGerald’s memoir of his time as Australian ambassador to China should be recommended reading for our parliamentarians.

Ross Fitzgerald

Peter Carey, David Malouf and Murray Bail are among those to whom Craig Munro dedicates entire chapters.

Charlotte Wood’s new novel The Natural Way of Things reveals a keen intelligence and an audacious imagination at work.

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A feckless father moves his family to the marginal farming land of colonial South Australia.

Peter Pierce

Jonathan Franzen is an example of the challenge we sometime face in separating art from the views of the artist.

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Kin is good history and good family history — a discipline that was frowned upon just a few decades ago.

Babette Smith

Jonathan Franzen is an example of the challenge we sometime face in separating art from the views of the artist.

A PAIR OF RAGGED CLAWS: STEPHEN ROMEI

Meryl Streep as an ageing rock chick. Rick Springfield as her lover. There’s a lot to like about Ricki and the Flash.

Jake Gyllenhaal, the star of Southpaw, should dry clean his tux for the Oscars.

It’s a celebration of all things Randolph Stow, as Text Classics republishes To the Islands and Tourmaline.

A PAIR OF RAGGED CLAWS: Stephen Romei