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It took over a decade for the Hungarian novelist to be recognised in English-speaking countries.
Today, Sal Paradise would have a podcast. And I am not convinced that it would be much different from some of the worst of the manosphere.
Krasznahorkai’s language is the mad scream of a godless universe at our inexcusable squandering of every good thing given to us by chance.
Noughts and Crosses shows systems of oppression at work and how enable racial segregation and traumatise people.
Jane Austen’s interconnected webs of thought and feeling help readers to better understand other people.
A rare chance to see his edits, doodles interviews and more.
These Booker nominations respond in part to society’s emphasis on youth – which is commonly reflected in publishing.
Literature is full of dysfunctional families. We asked critics to nominate their least favourite mothers.
Literature is full of dysfunctional families. We asked critics to nominate the most troublesome fathers.
While her inclusion of Miss Lambe, a Black character, is great, we should be wary of seeing it as representative of Austen having ‘radical politics’
A federal judge found a Florida law censoring school library books violates students’ First Amendment rights.
Balzac’s realism is not merely descriptive but architectural: a literary mandala of modern society
Writers have mined the region’s turbulent political history to explore how authoritarian rulers bend institutional leaders to their will.
Six leading Austen experts have made their case for her ultimate novel, but the winner is down to you.
Conrad suggests our sense of being good derives from our belonging – yet that to which we belong is not necessarily good.
We’re pitting her much-loved heroines against each other in a battle of wit, charm and sass
Jane Austen’s novels work a romantic alchemy, and travel is their catalyst.
Orwell wrote his short, shocking novel at a time when it was considered scientifically inadmissible for animals to be granted thoughts or even feelings.
The winner is down to you!
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Associate Professor in Literary Studies, Monash University
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Associate Professor in Media and Journalism, University of Notre Dame Australia
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Distinguished Professor Emerita of Creative Practice, Faculty of Arts and Design, University of Canberra
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Associate Professor, Creative Writing and Literary Studies, Victoria University
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Professor, Chair of Australian Literature, The University of Western Australia
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Lecturer, School of Design, University of Technology Sydney
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Professor of English, Institute for Humanities and Social Sciences, ACU, Australian Catholic University
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Honorary Fellow of the School of Languages and Linguistics, The University of Melbourne
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Senior Lecturer in English Literature, De Montfort University
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Professor, School of Culture and Communication, The University of Melbourne
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Lecturer in Contemporary Literature, La Trobe University
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Postdoctoral Fellow, Contemporary English Literature and Critical Theory, University College Dublin
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Honorary Associate in Creative Writing, The Open University
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Emeritus Professor of Australian Literature, University of Sydney