Tony Hughes-d'Aeth has recieved funding from the Australian Research Council. A.D. Hope and Patrick White are towering figures of 20th-century Australian culture. Few cast larger literary shadows over ...

The first essay anybody writes is for school. Same here. But the only examples I remember are the ones I wrote at the end, in my A-level exams. One compared Hitler to Stalin. Another, Martin Luther ...

Author and critic Lincoln Michel talks about Hungarian writer László Krasznahorkai's Nobel win and what it shows about who gets recognized in world literature.

Every year on 2 October, India honours the birth of Mahatma Gandhi. In 2025, we mark his 156th birth anniversary. It's not just a national holiday, it's a moment to talk, write and think about his ...

Taylor Swift fans are known for dissecting her songs and lyrics — two of them even wrote a book about it! Donald Trump’s own words on government shutdown used against him Ohio AD wants school kicked ...

Going along with an untruth for fear of disagreeing with others is a form of self-betrayal that will make you miserable. Few things lift your mood more than going to the gym. Exercise your body, and ...

The debate about ChatGPT’s use of the em dash signifies a shift in not only how we write, but what writing is for. By Nitsuh Abebe There are countless signals you might look for to determine whether a ...

A book about the former Coalition government's "deadly" Robodebt scheme is one of six winners at this year's Prime Minister's Literary Awards (PMLA), with journalist Rick Morton taking out the $80,000 ...

She has received the Novelist of the Year Award, the China Writers Literary Award, the Lu Xun Literary Award, etc. In June ...

Write By the Sea, the boutique literary festival in Kilmore Quay, Co Wexford, returns from 26th to 28th September 2025 to celebrate it’s milestone 10th year. Set in the seaside village of Kilmore Quay ...

Farhad Mazhar has long stood at the unpredictable intersection of poetry, politics, and philosophy. To some, he is a Marxist agitator; to others, a mystical seeker; to many, an enigma. But labels do ...

I have a grandson now named Steven White, and I’ll bet he can swim faster and stay under longer than you can. As for television, I doubt that I have any ideas or suggestions that would be worth ...