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If any filmmaker has demonstrated their ability to sit comfortably with the darker sides of human nature, it is Emerald Fennell.
The Kalevala, a poetic epic filled with myth, reflects the shared roots between Finnish and Karelian cultures.
The novel offers the reader an uncanny version of our world, haunted by ghostly voices from the past.
As Jane Austen’s Paper Trail draws to a close, there are still loose ends to tie up – and that’s where you, our listeners, come in. Listen to our Q&A episode.
Noise first became a public health issue in interwar Britain – called the ‘age of noise’ by dystopian author Aldous Huxley.
Woolf argues that illness is ‘the great confessional’ which is never talked about in literature.
There’s no getting away from it, the story is something of a downer.
Like many of us, Orwell saw January as a month to be endured rather than enjoyed.
The Odyssey hits cinemas in July 2026. But will it celebrate Odysseus as the clever hero – or finally confront the wreckage he leaves in his wake?
Persian and other Islamic literature celebrated male homoerotic love as a form of divine longing – until Western moral codes entered the region.
Writing does not take us away from the difficult and the painful. If we write with courage and with integrity, it can take us to the very heart of it.
Benson’s mother was Mary Sidgwick, whose brother Henry was a founding member and first president of the Society for Psychical Research.
A round up of the best novels of the year.
It is likely that Austen met one of her earliest romantic interests at a Christmas party.
The Andersen tales to read this Christmas, according to the Danish experts who know him best.
I was also amazed to discover a basket by Austen’s graveside which was overflowing with handwritten letters.
Poetry offers something that news and visual imagery cannot in times of crisis: depth over immediacy and meaning over spectacle.
Mothers don’t normally belong in Latin epics, which were meant to be devoted to warriors and warfare.
New Weird fiction imagines worlds where humans are no longer in control.
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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