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Children’s authors like Cottrell-Boyce know they have the chance to make the world a better place, every time they write.
Five books to read this summer, which were released in 2024.
Science fiction and technological innovation feed off each other in an ongoing back-and-forth that can play out over decades.
Penelope Featherington uses Lady Whistledown to comment on a society she feels restricted by as a woman.
Poets take us outside ourselves. In their transmission of atypical experiences, they teach us empathy and compassion.
In its bankruptcy filing, the Romance Writers of America blamed ‘disputes concerning diversity, equity and inclusion’ for its membership declining by an astounding 80%.
Zweig’s optimistic vision of a Europe without borders has stood the test of time, and still has much to teach us today.
From stories of Irish mothers to Shakespearean actors in the West Bank, this year’s shortlist is as varied as ever.
His characters struggle to find adequate nourishment.
The author’s work and life were punctuated by illness and disability.
Anne Carson’s playful new book, Wrong Norma, meaningfully makes apparently random connections – and the result is compelling.
Munro’s stories often illuminate the inherent drama of the domestic and seemingly mundane.
This fever-dream Swedish novella demonstrates an incomparable ability to give name to the things we feel but have been unable to find the right words for.
Much to enjoy as Bridgerton returns, a Tudor murder mystery intrigues, the International Booker prize is imminent, the National Gallery is 200 and the genius of Raymond Briggs is on display.
Six brilliant novels from around the world but only one can win.
In a number of stories and novels, lost limbs represent both physical and metaphorical loss.
In 1970, Sexual Politics explained why sexual relationships – and indeed sex itself – are political. ‘The world was sleeping,’ wrote Andrea Dworkin of this book. ‘And Kate Millett woke it up.’
The Book of Job and ‘Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland’ both make fun of preachy know-it-alls and resist conventions of their genres.
It turns out that identifying as a reader can be more about community, wealth and gender than how much someone actually reads.
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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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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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Professor, Chair of Australian Literature, The University of Western Australia
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Professor of English, Institute for Humanities and Social Sciences, ACU, Australian Catholic University
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Associate Professor, Creative Writing and Literary Studies, Victoria University
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Lecturer, School of Design, University of Technology Sydney
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Visiting Fellow, Centre for Cultural and Creative Research, University of Canberra, University of Canberra
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Honorary Fellow of the School of Languages and Linguistics, The University of Melbourne
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Postdoctoral Fellow, Contemporary English Literature and Critical Theory, University College Dublin
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Professor, School of Culture and Communication, The University of Melbourne
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Honorary Associate in Creative Writing, The Open University
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Lecturer in Contemporary Literature, La Trobe University
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Professor of English Literature, Anglia Ruskin University