Inside Story

Books & arts Something else Sara Dowse 26 June 2025 Francis Picabia had never come across a woman like Gabriële Buffet Books & arts Millicent Preston Stanley’s vocation Zachary Gorman 16 June 2025 The first woman elected to NSW parliament used any means possible — from petitions to theatrical melodrama — to advance her causes Books & arts Alone like a finger Nick Haslam 13 June 2025 It was writing that “separated me from everything,” says German writer Judith Hermann in a captivating collection of biographical essays Books & arts Okay, you’re hired Patrick Mullins 5 June 2025 A biographer’s apologia raises as many questions as it answers

Books & arts Stitches and holes Anne-Marie Condé 24 March 2025 A new biography wrestles with the challenge of capturing a decade and a half of Miles Franklin’s life Books & arts Comfort ye my people Andrew Ford 13 March 2025 For writer Charles King, Handel’s Messiah offers “the staggering possibility that the world might turn out all right” Books & arts Whispering in the reader’s ear Cathy Perkins 7 March 2025 How did Joan Lindsay come to write Picnic at Hanging Rock? Books & arts Sister Lit Zora Simic 4 March 2025 Josie McSkimming has written a rare kind of biography with sibling relationships at its core

Books & arts Dorothy Parker goes to Hollywood Sara Dowse 15 January 2025 There was much more to the waspish writer than memorable (and misremembered) one-liners Books & arts Map-making and myth-busting Zora Simic 14 December 2024 Joni Mitchell’s latest biographer creates a new geography of her work and influence Essays & reportage Zealots of the reading room Anne-Marie Condé 6 December 2024 Great Australians brought freshly researched history by fine writers and historians to a generation of Australians Books & arts Boris levels up Frank Bongiorno & Joshua Black 5 December 2024 The former British PM’s highly readable memoir is just a little too tidy