Books, News & Commentary Literary festivals: Is this town big enough for both of us? Rosemary Sorensen When Creative Victoria and Tourism Victoria say they are going to “showcase” a city or region, be afraid. Here comes another imposition, …
Books, News & Commentary Niki Savva on ‘Plots and Prayers’ and the downfall of Turnbull Fotis Kapetopoulos “…when Antony and Dolabella were accused of plotting revolution, Caesar said: ‘I am not much in fear of these fat, …
Books, News & Commentary Authors of the Goldfields on home and place Rosemary Sorensen Down our road and around the corner, people have recently built a tiny house on what was once grazing land. …
Books, News & Commentary Under a perfect sun, activism arose at the Byron Bay Writers Festival Phillip Frazer There were too many stars at the Byron Bay Writers Festival (August 2 to 4) to mention, but let’s mention Mellissa …
Books, News & Commentary Ah Louise Adler…..She’s Done it Again Rosemary Sorensen Ah Louise…. She’s done it again. Seriously, if she didn’t exist, we’d need to invent her. Not a decade had …
Books, Non-Fiction, Reviews We need to talk about God (but not how Greg Sheridan does) Rosemary Sorensen God needs a name change. It’s time to park the old God jalopy in the shed and force ourselves to …
Books, Non-Fiction, Reviews Book review: Just Give Me The Pills by Koraly Dimitriadis Shane Murphy About five years ago, I picked up a copy of Koraly Dimitriadis’ first book of poetry – Love and Fuck …
Books, News & Commentary In Praise of Andrew McGahan Rosemary Sorensen Andrew McGahan’s first book, the disturbingly comic Praise, defined him as a Queensland writer, and that stuck. Even though he …
Books, Non-Fiction, Reviews To honour the dead: Maryrose Cluskelly’s ‘Wedderburn’ book review Rosemary Sorensen When we read true crime, we might think it’s about trying to work out why people commit murder, what leads …
Books, Non-Fiction, Reviews Stuart Kells’ Shakespeares’ Library book review: in search of the ‘literary conspiracy’ Rosemary Sorensen Stuart Kells is a rare kind of writer. He is able to tackle global economic power on one hand, and, …
