From the archive
16 May 2011
Does Jane Austen teach us how to live?
Books & arts
27 January 2011
Brian McFarlane reviews a novel by an Australian, set in Britain and first published in India
Books & arts
19 October 2010
Glenn Nicholls reviews the German-language edition of Herta Müller’s latest novel, Everything I Possess I Carry with Me
Books & arts
6 October 2010
Terry Lane reads a few new novels, and a pile of old ones, on his brand new Kindle, and discovers that it’s not always the same experience
Books & arts
16 September 2010
Maria Edgeworth’s last novel shows the influence of Jane Austen but also foreshadows Elizabeth Gaskell’s broader social range, writes Brian McFarlane
Podcasts
2 December 2009
Chrissy Sharp and Michael Williams talk to Peter Clarke about Melbourne’s new literary hub, the Wheeler Centre
Books & arts
17 June 2009
The Slap captures contemporary Australian life? Andrew Lynch isn’t so sure
Books & arts
15 June 2009
Peter Craven reviews Colm Tóibín’s Brooklyn
Books & arts
9 June 2009
It hasn’t happened yet, but Nineteen Eighty-Four has enough threads of prescience to keep us alert, writes Brian McFarlane
Books & arts
4 May 2009
No matter how bad the adaptation or how silly the praise, Jane Austen’s novels contain some of the truest insights into human behaviour ever committed to the page, writes…
Books & arts
20 April 2009
David Malouf’s Trojan tale soars then sinks, writes Glenn Nicholls
Books & arts
3 February 2009
Judith Armstrong reviews Irène Némirovsky’s novel about a terrorist and his target
Books & arts
5 January 2009
Just below the surface is another, less orderly world, writes Dennis Altman