Since 2020 there has been exponential rise in ‘virus fiction’ by a new COVID generation of authors who came out of isolation having experienced a pandemic in real time.
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Peter Benchley’s classic 1974 ‘man versus beast’ blockbuster novel doubled as a scathing critique of 1970s America. Spielberg’s film made its characters likeable – and its tone into a ‘grand adventure’.
The Wolves of Eternity is remarkable – and deliberately challenging. Ranging across time and space, it muses on thinking trees, Putin’s Moscow, a Norwegian heatwave and the undead.
In this episode, Vinita sits down with two experts to break down the many layers — and Black stereotypes — in the much anticipated new film, ‘American Fiction.’
A major new history of the Australian novel is shaped by the recent renaissance in Indigenous writing, but there are some notable omissions.
It is how the detectives respond to superstition which cements the connections between the Conan Doyle and Christie stories
African immigrant writers possess particularly acute insights into the way race and racism affect daily life in the US.
There is a long tradition in China of associating monkeys with the mind – symbolism that has helped the novel’s most memorable character, the Monkey King, find universal resonance.
Perception and reality collide when a mother and daughter are compelled to live in the shadow of a monstrous artist.
Poetry and prose are prominent features in this course about how climate change is affecting the world.
‘Ex-Wife’ originally outsold ‘The Great Gatsby,’ but critics sniffed at the novel, deeming it a melodramatic period piece − even though it tackled timeless issues like gender, money and power.
The Pulitzer Prize-winning author was always willing to experiment with his prose, pacing and narration, crafting an oeuvre that varied wildly in style and structure.
Reflecting on themes as diverse as motherhood, war, religion and memory, our experts were impressed by the 2023 shortlist.
The Pulitzer Prize-winning author is just one of many artists from Appalachia who are probing the crisis in their work, while taking pains to ensure that it doesn’t define the region and its people.
Personal ads of ‘the Agony Column’ were full of longing, tragedy and profound misfortune. Intrigue they generated has had an enduring effect on literature and film.
In Thomas Hardy’s novel The Woodlanders, the trees sing. Hardy’s exploration of the relationship between humans and trees resonates in an epoch of environmental catastrophe.
Alexis Wright’s latest novel is an elegy and an ode to Aboriginal law and sovereignty: innovative, visionary, and volcanic in its rage.
Pip Williams’ follow-up to her internationally bestselling debut novel explores World War I, women’s rights and sisterhood – but what makes it special is its unwavering attention to the making of books.
What a new president needs to know as he takes the reins of a deeply divided and disillusioned country.
The ability of professors to freely teach and write about controversial topics without fear of retribution is nothing new.
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Distinguished Professor Emerita of Creative Practice, Faculty of Arts and Design, University of Canberra
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Lecturer in Publishing, Edinburgh Napier University
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Associate Professor of Russian Literature, University of Kansas
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Professor, English and Creative Writing, Adelaide University
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Associate Dean for Research and Enterprise, Faculty of Arts, Social Sciences and Education, University of Hull
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Senior Lecturer in English Literature, Charles Sturt University
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Associate Professor in Literary Studies, RMIT University
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Assistant Professor of Slavic Languages and Literatures, University of Virginia
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Lecturer, Creative Writing, Adelaide University
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Associate Professor of Postcolonial and Global Literatures, Nottingham Trent University
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Senior Lecturer in English and American Literatures, Keele University