Books & Arts
20 December 2022
How Shirley Hazzard resisted provincialism
Books & Arts
30 September 2022
A biography of two very different editors illuminates literary life in postwar Australia
Books & Arts
5 September 2022
Does bowing out involve a kind of “self-discipline normally associated with persistence”?
Books & Arts
22 October 2021
Signs suggest the pen might no longer be mightier than the sword
Books & Arts
5 November 2020
Books | Are Australians unusually prone to bad language?
Books & Arts
22 April 2020
Books | Award-winning biographer Brenda Niall throws fresh light on four intriguing women writers
Essays & Reportage
10 February 2020
The discovery of a remarkable piece of writing by Aileen Palmer adds poignancy to her later life
Books & Arts
29 October 2019
The scrapping of Sydney University’s professorship has great symbolic importance
Essays & Reportage
30 October 2018
A visit to Thirroul and the man who remembers D.H. Lawrence
Podcasts
2 December 2009
Chrissy Sharp and Michael Williams talk to Peter Clarke about Melbourne’s new literary hub, the Wheeler Centre