Richard Flanagan is a natural raconteur. While some of his essays seethe with anger, his passion for literature is infectious.
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Plutarch’s practical ethics propose two ways we can live happier, more serene lives.
These vibrant, provocative books come together in their contemplation of what it means to be Australian in a global context.
Almost all major human rights organisations agree the destruction of Gaza meets the legal definition of genocide. Yet liberal news outlets still do not use the word.
David Carlin and Peta Murray offer hopeful, poignant and personally informed responses to ageing and mortality.
Diary-writers across history have expressed the sense of relief that writing from the heart can bring. Could English essays have the same benefits?
The strange alliance between demagogues and despots ought to puzzle and worry every thinking person, and it needs to be understood.
Dennis Altman’s Righting my World tells the story of his long history in activism, over 50 years, beginning with the gay liberation movement of the 1960s.
Chatbots tend to produce solid writing, but their prose largely reflects a single, uniform voice.
We should not close ourselves off to the possibility that a fun, charismatic David Foster Wallace fan may theoretically exist, somewhere in the world.
An anthology of essays from Melbourne’s The Paris End showcases personal yet serious reportage and a delight in the weird.
Woolf argues that illness is ‘the great confessional’ which is never talked about in literature.
The essay form is a response to minds, art, communities and culture, understood through a writer’s body, intellect and being.
Longer than a magazine piece but shorter than a book, Quarterly Essay shapes our public culture in significant ways.
In One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This, Omar El Akkad asks readers to examine their consciences.
Roland Barthes’ notion that the author is dead has been incredibly influential, though it was not as original or revolutionary as it seemed.
The Land Rights Act was a step toward Indigenous self-determination. Communities took back the right to manage and protect their own cultural heritage.
Rawson, in burrowing from question to question, draws on a vibrant array of thinkers and essayists in environmental philosophy.
Sylvia Plath’s writing was witty, political, emotional and sharp. A substantial new collection includes more than 50 previously unpublished stories.
The Ultimate Hidden Truth of the World does us all a service by keeping Graeber’s ideas in circulation, but it distorts those same ideas.
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Professor, Chair of Australian Literature, The University of Western Australia
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Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing, University of Sydney
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Professor of Creative Writing, RMIT University
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Professor in Philosophy, Australian Catholic University
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Professor of Higher Education, Rhodes University, South Africa, Rhodes University
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Senior Lecturer, Writing, Department of Media and Communication, Swinburne University of Technology
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Senior research fellow, University of the Western Cape
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Associate Professor, Rhodes University
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Professor of Education, University of Nottingham
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Associate Lecturer in English and Writing, University of Sydney
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PhD Candidate, Creative Writing, The University of Melbourne
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Lecturer in Creative Writing, University of Sydney
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Senior Lecturer in Philosophy and Education; Curriculum Director, UQ Critical Thinking Project, The University of Queensland
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Professor of Creative Pedagogies, Edinburgh Napier University
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Distinguished Professor, Faculty of Education, Brock University