Reading and writing poetry, which is anchored in patterns of words, images, sounds and forms, is particularly well suited for people with autism.
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In Chinese folk religious beliefs, neglected ancestors become hungry ghosts, unleashing misfortune and environmental destruction.
There is no definitive answer in Chameleon, only the conflicts and inconsistencies in which Dessaix invites us to revel.
In Source Code, Gates describes his early life and career. But the man dubbed ‘ruthless’ by many of his peers, is largely uncritical of his own path.
In Memorial Days, Geraldine Brooks processes the sudden death of her husband of 35 years, and shares how other cultures make space for grieving.
Fame and success usually carry a cost, in a world that rewards performance and persona. Former rock journalist Liz Evans saw it up close – and in these new memoirs, too.
Now we know how power dynamics complicate consent is it time to revisit The Kiss?
How does one write the essence of a life once it has come to an end?Mark Raphael Baker’s A Season of Death is an intimate, at times harrowing, portrait of grief.
Whether you enjoy histories, non-fiction, poetry, crime or even romance, there is a sporting story to suit all readers.
A journalist’s account of living with a movement disorder is a tale of leaping into the unknown.
Why are Beatrice Sparks’ alarmist books for young adults, which are novels presented as diaries, still described by publishers and booksellers as ‘real’ stories?
On May 15, 1938, Chaim Manne, his wife Leonora and their young son tried to escape Nazi Austria by gassing themselves. Leonora succeeded. Chaim’s ordeal was just beginning.
Helen Garner is on song in her new book about the exploits of her grandson’s junior football team.
Lech Blaine grew up worrying a pair of nomadic Christian fanatics would appear to try to kidnap his foster siblings. One day, they showed up. His memoir tells the story.
Decades after losing seventeen-year-old Jaz, Gideon Haigh reflects on the event and its aftermath.
Australian readers are hungry for graphic novels, but, due to a skills shortage, few are published locally. Three very different new books feed our growing appetite for the form.
Nine years ago, Tim Baker was diagnosed with stage 4, metastatic prostate cancer. Today, astonishingly, he is fit and healthy, and meeting the scientists researching new treatments for this disease.
‘Flawed messenger’ Fred C. Trump III, Donald Trump’s nephew, illustrates his uncle’s cruel streak in his new memoir, with firsthand observations of a racist slur and dismissing people with disability.
Hermann Pollnow’s parents saved him from the Nazi Germany they wouldn’t survive. His story, told by his Australian granddaughter, reminds us the Holocaust is a global history, not just a European one.
The author of ‘A Black Philadelphia Reader,’ a new anthology of writing by Philadelphia authors past and present, revisits four riveting works by local women.
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Adjunct Researcher, English and Writing, University of Tasmania
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Professor of History, School of Humanities, Creative Industries and Social Sciences, University of Newcastle
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Visiting Fellow, Centre for Cultural and Creative Research, University of Canberra, University of Canberra
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Casual Academic, Creative Writing and English Literature, Flinders University
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Senior Lecturer in Humanities, University of Southern Queensland
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Emeritus Professor of Creative Writing, The University of Melbourne
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Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing, University of Wollongong
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Senior Lecturer, Discipline of English and Writing, University of Sydney
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Associate Dean Indigenous and Professor of Publishing and Communications, The University of Melbourne
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Historian, The University of Melbourne
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Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing, University of Sydney
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PhD Candidate and literary critic, The University of Melbourne
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Personal Chair, Literary Studies, Deakin University
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Professor in Gender History and the History of Sexuality, The University of Queensland