Books & arts
23 September 2024
A double biography reveals the creative partnership between Robert Louis and Fanny Stevenson
Books & arts
12 August 2024
The influential writer and critic seen through the eyes of two friends
Essays & reportage
18 June 2024
In search of the women behind the The Worker Cook Book
Books & arts
27 February 2024
Why the extraordinary Jack Lindsay deserves to be better known
Books & arts
3 January 2024
A new biography of Frank Moorhouse approaches its subject differently
Books & arts
29 November 2023
A novelist’s correspondence gives rare insights into his life and work
Books & arts
20 November 2023
Adam Sisman lifts the curtain on his dealings with John le Carré
Books & arts
27 April 2023
Two men, five books, one film
Essays & reportage
29 March 2023
What constitutes “evidence” of a queer life?
Books & arts
11 October 2021
In what ways did the typewriter affect how — and how much — writers wrote?
Books & arts
18 December 2020
Books | A writer’s complex life emerges in Helen Garner’s diaries
Books & arts
19 February 2019
Books | Stoked by cigarettes and whiskey, Kenneth Cook kept writing until the end
Books & arts
18 December 2017
Books | Publishers seem to prefer other writers — rather than critics — to write about writers
Books & arts
24 October 2017
Music | Do you simply need to say that’s what you do?
Books & arts
17 October 2017
Books | John McPhee’s new guide to the craft of writing is much more than a textbook
