Correspondents
17 October 2018
The Belfast novelist’s prize underlines the BBC’s cultural drift
National Affairs
10 October 2018
Two journalist–novelists compare notes on Chinese espionage
Books & Arts
25 September 2018
Books | Critics and readers in the United States played a little-known role in the history of Australian fiction
Books & Arts
30 August 2018
From the archive | Shane Maloney surveys the career of one of Sydney’s best-known fictional characters and the achievement of his creator, Peter Corris, who died this week
Books & Arts
16 July 2018
Cinema | Translating short works to the screen has its special challenges
Books & Arts
9 July 2018
Books | Two writers grapple with the demands of motherhood, real and imagined
Books & Arts
17 April 2018
Books | A remarkable novel by a one-time internee in Australia has attracted critical acclaim in Germany
Books & Arts
18 December 2017
Books | Publishers seem to prefer other writers — rather than critics — to write about writers
Correspondents
10 October 2017
Letter from London | A Nobel award gives the British novelist’s voice as well as his work a new authority
Essays & Reportage
5 October 2017
Self-publishing need no longer be a second-best option, especially if you’re a writer of genre fiction
Books & Arts
11 July 2017
Television | Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale makes a mostly smooth transition to the screen
Books & Arts
25 May 2017
Cinema | The Sense of an Ending reveals another way of translating fiction onto the screen
Books & Arts
4 May 2017
An unconventional history shows us personal and emotional engagements with the history of the WA wheatbelt
Books & Arts
20 March 2017
Out of the unpromising material of local government, Winifred Holtby created a fine novel that went on to be filmed three times
Books & Arts
3 January 2017
Television | Holiday viewing tips from Inside Story’s TV writer
Essays & Reportage
11 November 2016
Fifty years ago, John O’Grady’s sharply observed comic novel was transferred to the screen by one of Britain’s greatest directors
Books & Arts
19 October 2016
On the Greek island, a conference reappraises the lives and work of Charmian Clift and George Johnston
Books & Arts
4 October 2016
From the archive | Helen Simpson’s Under Capricorn made a decades-long journey from novel to film to TV to DVD. Alfred Hitchcock’s version was a…
Books & Arts
3 August 2016
Brian McFarlane reviews Whit Stillman’s Love and Friendship
Books & Arts
18 July 2016
Television | Game of Thrones brings to the screen qualities we associate with Aeschylus and Sophocles, writes Jane Goodall
Books & Arts
2 June 2016
Composers might sometimes be envied by other artists, but music has a paradoxical limitation, writes Andrew Ford
Books & Arts
30 May 2016
Australia’s array of awards shows there are good and bad ways of recognising great writing, argues Susan Lever
Books & Arts
20 April 2016
Books | Helen Simonson offers a panoramic yet finely detailed view of a society heading for upheaval, writes Brian McFarlane
Books & Arts
24 March 2016
Television | It’s War and Peace’s turn for another BBC adaptation, writes Jane Goodall. But perhaps some temptations should be resisted
Books & Arts
17 March 2016
Adam Sisman’s biography of the prolific writer highlights the fine line between stories and lies, writes Peter Love
Books & Arts
12 January 2016
Books | A multilayered portrait of divided Britain is trapped by its animating spirit, writes David Hayes
Books & Arts
23 November 2015
Books | Napoleon’s defeat and exile reverberated as far as Australia, writes Susan Lever. Two new books piece together his years on St Helena
International
5 November 2015
Xi Jinping has made clear the Party’s views about the role of artists, writes Linda Jaivin. But it’s unclear what they will mean in practice
Books & Arts
22 October 2015
Books | Despite its critics, Kangaroo may be the first truly modern novel written in Australia, writes Susan Lever
Books & Arts
16 September 2015
Books | Susan Lever reviews Susan Johnson’s new novel, The Landing
