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Australia’s rich tradition of crime fiction is little known – early tales told of bushrangers and convicts, one hero was a mining engineer turned amateur detective – but it reveals a range of national myths and fantasies.
A new study shows that writing about positive experiences for 20 minutes a day can reduce stress and anxiety.
Globalism has made it easier than ever to visit faraway places – and easier to never really leave home while you’re there.
What happens to motivated, determined and egotistical men when they are forced to abandon the White House? As John Quincy Adams once said, ‘There is nothing more pathetic in life than a former president.’
Writing groups provide a space where the “rules of the game” of academia become clear.
A new room will open at the NSW State LIbrary today, furnished with objects from Donald and Myfanwy Horne’s study. Their daughter, Julia, reflects here on a writing partnership and the room that fostered it.
Whether you loved him or hated him, his canonical status is beyond question.
Our minds are wired to anticipate what’s coming next – and fill in the gaps when we don’t have all the information.
As major publishers chase bestselling books, small ones are leading the way in publishing Australian literary fiction. And of late, they have been sweeping our major literary awards.
Tracker Tilmouth was a central and visionary figure in Aboriginal politics. His life is captured in Alexis Wright’s Tracker through the voices of many, rather than the tradition of European biography.
A Stella winner is a book that challenges its readers; it attempts to do a bit of work in the world. And this year’s shortlist doesn’t disappoint.
On his bush block in the WA wheatbelt, poet John Kinsella attempts habitat restoration and reflects on the responsibilities of the writer as a witness to species loss.
Reading something that sows doubt about a widely agreed-upon fact – even the election of George Washington as president – can have a profound effect.
During her lifetime, Zelda Fitzgerald’s creativity and contribution to her husband’s work were woefully undervalued. Two new films will tell her story.
A novelist who compared a man’s genitals to a billiard rack has won this year’s Bad Sex in Fiction Award. But not all entries were that silly.
Spontaneous mirror writing by both left- and right-handed children has long remained a mystery. Recent studies of brain processing and writing have led to an unexpected explanation.
A newly published batch of Ernest Hemingway’s letters could change the way we think about the author’s influences, relationships with other writers and views on race.
Should children with reading difficulties get their hearing checked?
English author Kazuo Ishiguro has won the 2017 Nobel Prize for Literature. For some weeks now, the bookies have been offering odds on the likely winner. Kenya’s Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o was front runner earlier…
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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 in Language, Literacy and TESL, University of Canberra
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Senior Lecturer in American Literature and Film, Loughborough University
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Professor in Early Childhood Education and Community, University of Canberra
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Professor of Philosophy and Director of Applied Ethics Center, UMass Boston
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Professor Emerita of Linguistics, American University
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Assistant Professor of Journalism, University of Colorado Boulder
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Honorary Research Professor, The University of Melbourne
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Senior Lecturer in Digital Humanities, University College Cork
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Dean of Research (Creative), Adelaide University
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Honorary Research Associate, Department of Classics and Ancient History, University of Sydney
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Regents' Professor Emeritus of English, Georgia State University
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Professor of Education Futures, The University of Melbourne
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