Last updated: February 20, 2017

Australia should be honest broker

Australia should be honest broker
TROY BRAMSTON
At a time of worldwide disruption, Australia should be a ‘model of global power’ in the Asia-Pacific.

Portrait of a serial collaborator

Portrait of a serial collaborator
Patricia Anderson
The seeds of Martin Sharp’s eccentricity sprouted early, according to this affectionate biography of the artist.

Anxiety an ironic art form

Anxiety an ironic art form
Don Anderson
Revulsion is the latest novel by exiled Salvadoran writer Horacio Castellanos Moya to be translated into English.

Between the lines

Between the lines
Peter Pierce
Vietnam-born, US-raised writer Viet Thanh Nguyen strives to unite both sides of the war that can never be forgotten.

Living with the consequences

Living with the consequences
Joy Lawn
Chance plays a part in five novels for young adults using settings from Melbourne to Mao’s China and Ireland.

Approaching the long goodbye

Approaching the long goodbye
Peter Craven
Margaret Drabble’s new novel is a wisdom book that should be in every school and library.

Between the lines

Between the lines
Peter Pierce
Vietnam-born, US-raised writer Viet Thanh Nguyen strives to unite both sides of the war that can never be forgotten.

Living with the consequences

Living with the consequences
Joy Lawn
Chance plays a part in five novels for young adults using settings from Melbourne to Mao’s China and Ireland.

Irish lives distorted

Irish lives distorted
Diane Stubbings
John Boyne’s new novel traces the recasting of Ireland’s attitude towards homosexuality.

Such is motherhood

Such is motherhood
GRANTLEE KIEZA
Ned Kelly’s heartbroken mother had some important advice for her son when she visited him before he was hanged.

German ‘aliens’ lost liberty

German ‘aliens’ lost liberty
Ross Fitzgerald
There’s bound to be considerable interest in the stories of German-Australians interned in camps during World War II.

The usual seducers

The usual seducers
stephen romei
With Valentine’s Day in the air this week, I decided to have a fling with an alluring little book.

Kyoto: Pocket Precincts

Kyoto: Pocket Precincts
GRAHAM ERBACHER
Kyoto is a place of tradition and history where the influence of ancient temples and shrines touches daily life.

Business literature ‘thriving’

Business literature ‘thriving’
STEPHEN ROMEI
The books shortlisted for the Ashurst Business Literature Prize show the thriving diversity of Australian writing.

Caught in the rich men’s web

Caught in the rich men’s web
Dominic Amerena
Is the internet simply a tool of oppression, a money-maker structured to benefit billionaire white men?

Theatre-lover’s confessions

Theatre-lover’s confessions
Peter Craven
Theatre critic John Lahr is intoxicated with the classical and the commerical.

Non-Russian route for Marx

Non-Russian route for Marx
Peter Beilharz
History identifies Karl Marx with Soviet Communism, but the truth is he had little to do with it.

Tyrant rumbles down the track

Tyrant rumbles down the track
Gideon Haigh
The lessons of 1917 Russia remain relevant in today’s global political climate.

Home truths

Home truths
Rosemary Neill
Perth-bound architect Marwa al-Sabouni wrote her remarkable memoir while the bombs fell around her in Syria.

Quirky sleuths, tricky quarry

Quirky sleuths, tricky quarry
Peter Pierce
Far north Queensland has found an ambivalent literary laureate in Candice Fox with her novel Crimson Lake.
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