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In the first episode of Jane Austen’s Paper Trail, a new podcast marking 250 years since the author’s birth, we speak to Austen experts about her relationship with gossip.
The novel is filled with distinctive characters, shady dealings, women of moral ambiguity and heroes and villains alike.
Reading achievement has been stagnant in the US for decades, raising questions about what other methods might work to help kids learn to read.
Carol Lefevre stumbled on tai chi while recovering from cancer, and after losing her mother and her aunt. It transformed her life.
Austen’s cities, seaside resorts, country estates and naval towns remind us that geography is never neutral.
Elaine Goodale and Charles Eastman’s 19th-century interracial marriage made them a media sensation. But tensions over gender, race and identity ultimately proved too hard to overcome.
Today, Sal Paradise would have a podcast. And I am not convinced that it would be much different from some of the worst of the manosphere.
Noughts and Crosses shows systems of oppression at work and how enable racial segregation and traumatise people.
Many of Cooper’s depictions of sex are very funny. However, there is a clear message throughout.
A study of more than 1,600 books suggests that book ban advocates may not look past the cover art.
The question of whether Bella can consent to becoming a vampire is misleading.
Meyer’s vampires endure because they tell us something of what it means to be human.
In 2005, Twilight’s adolescent female readership made it a target for mockery. Today, that same demographic is the most coveted in publishing.
The launch of 5 new Australian book publishers is good news, for once. Meet Perentie Press, Pink Shorts Press, Evercreech Editions, Aniko Press and Bakers Lane Books.
The vampires of Twilight captured the spirit of 2005. But are they the vampires we need in 2025?
In the 17th century, Anne Wentworth spoke out against her abusive husband and the religious institution that protected him.
Balzac’s realism is not merely descriptive but architectural: a literary mandala of modern society
Writers have mined the region’s turbulent political history to explore how authoritarian rulers bend institutional leaders to their will.
Six leading Austen experts have made their case for her ultimate novel, but the winner is down to you.
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Associate Professor in Literary Studies, Monash University
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Professor in Politics and Journalism, University of Notre Dame Australia
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Lecturer, School of Design, University of Technology Sydney
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Honorary Associate in Creative Writing, The Open University
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Distinguished Professor Emerita of Creative Practice, Faculty of Arts and Design, University of Canberra
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Associate Professor of Postcolonial and Global Literatures, Nottingham Trent University
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Lecturer of English, University of Liverpool
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Professor in Publishing Studies, University of Stirling
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Visiting Fellow, Centre for Cultural and Creative Research, University of Canberra, University of Canberra
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Dean of Research (Creative), Adelaide University
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Senior Lecturer in Literature, Aston University
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Associate Professor of French and Translation, University of Exeter
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Associate Dean International, Faculty of Arts, Design & Humanities, De Montfort University
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Associate Professor, University of Southern Denmark
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Professor of Reading and Children’s Development, The Open University