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Two fascinating new novels are not particularly difficult, but their relationship to established traditions of experimental literature is clear.
The End of the Morning is Charmian Clift’s most successful piece of fiction. But it is only a piece and one that leaves two matters unresolved.
Winnie Dunn has made it her project to bring a more sensitive intercultural understanding to an unfamiliar readership
Australian literature is a rich and largely untapped source of information about how Australians think about AI.
Until August is the fruit of Gabriel García Márquez’s labour against adversity, a moving testament of his love for and commitment to literature.
The novel Appreciation is a literary page-turner with no shortage of dramatic flair.
Climate stories that focus on solutions are more likely to inspire positive environmental action.
Gail Jones has written a richly evocative novel that warrants attention, both for its fascinating subject-matter and for its outstanding writerly qualities.
Yevgeny Zamyatin was a born loner and instinctive satirist, whose usual response to collective enthusiasm was to dissent.
In The Zone of Interest, Martin Amis represents our familiar world from a radically unfamiliar angle.
Technically, ChatGPT can do (some of) the work of a human editor. But an experiment comparing three separate human edits of a literary short story to edits by ChatGPT exposes AI’s serious limitations.
Fiction offers precious and sobering insights into the impact of alcohol in the lives of women and children.
The fiction of J.M. Coetzee is always formally daring, brave in its social critique and its refusal to play by the rules.
Dostoevsky’s sudden recovery from his gambling mania is an example of how a chance happening can change everything
A deep philosophical exploration of the subjective nature of historical knowledge and memory runs through Anne Michaels smart and poignant new novel.
Politica is set in an unnamed town where past is ever present, and the present is barely tolerable in the absence of a hopeful future.
Five recent novels about the Antarctic make for cool reading on a hot summer day.
In her prose and her poetry, Sara M. Saleh renders unique the ways people resist, transcend, adapt, make the best of things, compromise, endure, and lose hope and faith.
Research suggests the act of creative writing can have therapeutic benefits.
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Distinguished Professor Emerita of Creative Practice, Faculty of Arts and Design, University of Canberra
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Professor of English Literature, University of Southern Queensland
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Professor, Chair of Australian Literature, The University of Western Australia
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Associate Professor in Literary Studies, RMIT University
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Lecturer in English Literature, Adelaide University
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Lecturer, Creative Writing, Adelaide University
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Professor of English, Institute for Humanities and Social Sciences, ACU, Australian Catholic University
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Senior Lecturer, Writing, Department of Media and Communication, Swinburne University of Technology
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Adjunct Lecturer, English and Creative Writing, UNSW Canberra, UNSW
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Senior Lecturer in Humanities, University of Southern Queensland
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Dean of Research (Creative), Adelaide University
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Director of Creative Writing, Macquarie University
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Senior Lecturer in Writing, Literature and Culture, Deakin University
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Professor, English and Creative Writing, Adelaide University
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Professor of Creative Writing, University of Technology Sydney