Stephen Romei

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

Australian George Canning, serving on a Confederate ship, likely fired the last shot in the American Civil War.

Stephen Loosley

Gail Jones’s new novel is set in modern-day Berlin but Russian writer Vladimir Nabokov haunts its every page.

The extent to which humans can endure pain is the subject of a new novel by English writer Stephen Kelman.

Anita Sethi

Alan Atkinson’s three-volume history of Australia has earned him comparisons with Manning Clark — and another award.

a pair of ragged claws: stephen romei

Australian poet and novelist Luke Davies has made the grade as a Hollywood screenwriter.

Michael Bodey

Monet, Gauguin and ‘the Scottish Mona Lisa’ are all part of a spectacular art exhibition from Scotland.

Sharon Verghis

Alan Atkinson’s three-volume history of Australia has earned him comparisons with Manning Clark — and another award.

A PAIR OF RAGGED CLAWS: STEPHEN ROMEI

There’s Pussy Galore, fast cars and a Korean millionaire but the new Bond novel could have been more adventurous.

Adrian McKinty

Doctor-author Mohamed Khadra’s novel draws on the real experiences of front-line medicos in the world’s trouble spots.

Paul Cleary

In key poems in this collection, Peter Rose addresses the accident that left his brother a quadriplegic.

Peter Kenneally