Books & arts
18 December 2017
Books | Publishers seem to prefer other writers — rather than critics — to write about writers
International
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
From the archive
11 November 2016
How one of Britain’s greatest directors transferred John O’Grady’s sharply observed comic novel to the screen
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
A multilayered portrait of divided Britain is trapped by its animating spirit
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
From the archive
21 October 2015
Kangaroo may be the first truly modern novel written in Australia
Books & arts
16 September 2015
Books | Susan Lever reviews Susan Johnson’s new novel, The Landing
Books & arts
31 August 2015
Books | Susan Lever reviews Gail Jones’s A Guide to Berlin
Books & arts
31 July 2015
Television | Crime drama has been tipped upside down, writes Jane Goodall, as the BBC’s Line of Duty and Helen Piper’s The TV Detective reveal
Books & arts
26 June 2015
Books | Susan Lever reviews Steven Carroll's Forever Young
Books & arts
15 May 2015
Books | A new biography captures Thea Astley’s idiosyncrasies and contradictions, and the qualities of her fiction, writes Susan Lever
Books & arts
12 March 2015
Books | Susan Lever reviews James Bradley’s new novel about a future reshaped by a changing climate
Books & arts
5 February 2015
A new Hercule Poirot novel is a reminder of the remarkable narrative skills of his creator
Books & arts
29 January 2015
Books | Susan Lever reviews Michel Faber’s The Book of Strange New Things