Megalomania Burned Borders Books
Borders stores were huge — much bigger than their competitors and apparently unassailable — and…More
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Don't Mention The War
Timed perfectly for Anzac day, historians Marilyn Lake, Henry Reynolds, Mark McKenna, Joy Damousi and…More
The Culture Wars Are Over — And Here's The Proof
Very few people would be aware that Keith Windschuttle released volume three of his series…More
Sifting Through Frank's Ashes
Frank McCourt, author of Angela’s Ashes, the blockbuster memoir of his "miserable Irish childhood" has…More
When The Past Is Personal
From 1986 until 1993, in the busy centre of the German town of Harburg, there…More
Black In The City
Gillian Cowlishaw heads west, along the M4 motorway, passing suburbs that stretch along the plains…More
The Other F Word
For those of us who identify as feminists, it is a constant frustration that so…More
Born in a Gospel Tent
Leading international author Jeanette Winterson was on fire last week at the Sydney Writers’ Festival,…More
America the Basket Case
In Travels with Charley in Search of America, John Steinbeck admitted that after cobbling together…More
Everybody Writes
Author Sherman Young There are no true readers today, only would-be writers.Gore Vidal A friend…More