Kris Kneen’s Rite of Spring is a pulsing story that moves energetically across its terrain, delivering a sense of alien understanding.
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A new book, Muskism, sheds light on Elon Musk’s mission to remake the world in his image – while the rest of us haven’t even been consulted.
East of Eden offers a melodramatic conflict between good and evil, but more remarkable is its sense of human relations evolving, shaped by destiny and choice.
A new study shows that workplace priorities for Australian historians make it harder for their work to reach Australian readers – despite strong public interest.
Andrew Dodd and Matthew Ricketson have not written another biography of Rupert Murdoch, but a forensic account of how his empire intimidates and destroys.
In her Quarterly Essay, Anna Goldsworthy treats AI as a mirror rather than a monster. Is humanity wise enough to live with a technology that amplifies our weaknesses?
Rachael Mead was born unable to smell. It means she experiences the world differently – from tasting food, to a heightened risk of danger. But it’s not all bad.
Among the Romans, fathers had complete legal control over their sons and daughters. This included the right to inflict capital punishment.
There is a particular pleasure in a new reading discovery, so we asked 7 literary experts to unearth some lost treasures for us.
Sigmund Freud’s 800-page book on dreams introduced a new way of thinking about the mind that reverberated through the 20th century.
A suspicion of prose poetry permeated Anglophone countries in the 20th century. Today, it is rejuvenating poetic traditions.
The Thornbacks features ‘weird sisters’ whose reaction to being unloved is to make themselves unlovable to almost everyone – except each other.
Boomer Lucinda Holdforth sides with younger generations in Going On and On – but neither youth nor old age are monoliths.
Too many Australians affected by cancer are being financially ruined or receiving sub-optimal (or no) care, due to cost or distance – and it’s everyone’s problem.
The female cannibal has become a radical figure who satisfies her cravings.
Who was the ‘real’ Robin Hood – community champion or violent criminal? Those in power and the people who shared his tales in pubs have long disagreed.
A new collection of 80-year-old songs, passed around Holocaust survivors, emerged from a discovery in a Sydney closet.
These vibrant, provocative books come together in their contemplation of what it means to be Australian in a global context.
Land reasserts the Gaelic language and culture in opposition to the culture of the British colonisers, but relies on simplistic characterisations.
A massive new data centre in Sydney is the latest push in the AI boom – but a backlash is building.
In parliament, Tim Wilson’s performative outrage overwhelms his thinking. But on the page, he is thoughtful. Why is Jim Chalmers praising his opponent’s book?
For Tolkien, any place can become “Mordor”, when the desire to benefit others turns into the will to dominate them.
These novels look inwards and backwards, explaining our failed liberation and saving what they can as the world hurtles to oblivion.
In 1866, the topic became so controversial that the Société de Linguistique de Paris banned discussions about language origins altogether.
First published in 2000, Persepolis created a transformative shift in comics, memoir and political storytelling. Its Iranian–French creator has died, aged 56.