Tag: Australian literature
The first-ever First Nations anthology of speculative fiction is playful, bitter, loud and proud
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This is not “just” an anthology of First Nations speculative fiction, but also the first anthology of First Nations speculative fiction. And what an entry onto...
Tasmanian author Amanda Lohrey wins prestigious Miles Franklin Literary Award for The Labyrinth
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And the winner of 2021’s Miles Franklin Literary Award is The Labyrinth, by Amanda Lohrey!
Two of Lohrey’s previous novels (Camille’s...
The Stella shortlist: your guide to 2021’s powerful, emotional books
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Each year, The Stella Prize honours writing by women. Good. We’ve come a long way. We’ve a long way to...
Guide to the classics: My Brilliant Career and its uncompromising message for girls today
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Growing up in Australia in the 1970s, I much preferred the hijinks of Han Solo and Chewie to Princess Leia’s sexualised...
10 ‘lost’ Australian literary treasures you should read – and can soon borrow from any library
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Many culturally important books by Australian authors are out of print, hard to find as secondhand copies, and confined to the physical...
Sunday essay: The Female Eunuch at 50, Germaine Greer’s fearless, feminist masterpiece
Germaine Greer at The Chelsea Hotel in 1972. AAP
Germaine Greer’s The Female Eunuch changed lives. Published 50 years ago in October 1970, it exists in...