Our Team

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

Snubbed on the Australian prize circuit, Peter Carey’s Amnesia is worthy of serious Booker consideration.

a pair of ragged claws: stephen romei

Ken Ward’s Condemned to Crisis is a provocative analysis of the relationship between Australia and Indonesia.

Peter Alford

Sunnyboys frontman Jeremy Oxley’s recovery from alcoholism and mental illness is set forth in Here Comes the Sun.

This rather sour-toned account of Sidney Nolan’s life inspires pity for the complex and misunderstood artist.

Patricia Anderson

A four-year dialogue between sworn enemies paints a very different picture of Osama bin Laden’s time in Afghanistan.

John Zubrzycki

To hear critic James Wood tell it, literature has the answer to our biggest question.

David Free

‘Strange’ is the word that leaps to mind when assessing some new poetry anthologies.

AUSTRALIAN POETRY: GEOFF PAGE

Was Edward VIII really a Nazi sympathiser and traitor? Celebrity biographer Andrew Morton has tried to find out.

Stephen Loosley

The request for favourite words brings in thoughtful and entertaining responses, from verstehen to doobry ferckin.

A PAIR OF RAGGED CLAWS: STEPHEN ROMEI

Comparisons with Mockingbird are neither warranted nor appropriate when reading Harper Lee’s ‘new’ book.