Madeline Miller reimagines Ovid’s story of Pygmalion and Galatea, the work of art brought to life. … he sculpted white ivory happily with wondrous art and wondrous skill and gave it form with which no mortal woman is born, and he...
Toni Jordan’s sixth novel navigates post-lockdown Melbourne with a memorable family. Before the pandemic, Simon Larsen was a successful architect. He had everything a successful person would have – an expensive watch, a luxury car. He, his...
Mark Wormald follows Ted Hughes through rivers and streams to provide insights into his life, his poetry – and fishing. Mark Wormald is a scholar, a poet and a fisherman. In 2012, he made his way to the British Library to begin some research on the...
Benjamin Myers’ new novel delves into 1980s Britain and the allure of crop circles. For those of us old enough to remember, there was a period in history when mysterious geometric shapes appeared in crops across the western world with...
An important book about the Australian Test team during the tumultuous years of World Series Cricket from the author of Second Innings. The major split in Australian cricket occurred 45 years ago when overtures were made to leading players to join...
Gregory Day’s writing is inextricably bound with the landscape in this collection. Words are Eagles is a tonic selection of Gregory Day’s various non-fiction published in Australian journals, magazines and newspapers over recent years...
