Tag Archives: Australian literature
Books, Television
Australian stories: ABC TV’s The Slap
When Christos Tsiolkas’s The Slap was published in 2008, it was one of those suddenly ubiquitous novels – everyone seemed to own a copy and everyone was talking about the social issues it raised. Read more
Interviews
Interview with Raphael Brous: I Am Max Lamm
If a butterfly flaps its wings in Brazil, can it set off a tornado in Texas? Similarly, if a young tennis champion trains his forehand swing every day, could it have spectacularly lethal consequences? The notion of the ‘butterfly effect’ – where seemingly inconsequential conditions can have unintentionally devastating results – is a concept that came to mind in the reading of Raphael Brous’s Read more
Books
‘I saw a deal of blood’: The Roving Party by Rohan Wilson
The Roving Party is the poised debut of Rohan Wilson, and the deserving winner of the 2011 Australian/Vogel award. Set in 1829, the novel is a re-imagining of the ‘Black War’ that saw the indigenous population of Tasmania hunted, killed and corralled by British Colonialists. Read more
Issue Six
Issue Six teaser: Sophie Cunningham ‘A Prize of One’s Own: Flares, Cock-forests, and Dreams of a Common Language’
Disinterest in women – the overlooking of them, the walking out of the room without noticing their exclusion, the disavowal of them, the occasional hatred of them – is a profound and deep problem. It does not only affect women in publishing; it affects women in every industry, and women who work at home. Read more
Podcast
Christopher Currie’s The Ottoman Motel
Simon and his parents are on a family holiday and land in a small town called Reception. The town both lives up to its name and makes a mockery of it; the young boy finds new friends, but his parents go missing. The smaller a town, the … Read more
From the Editors
Who likes short shortlists? (On the sausagefest problem)
The Miles shortlist has been announced, and one thing you can’t call it is predictable. The first thing that comes to mind is how short it is, with just three books selected from a nine-book longlist: Bereft by Chris Womersley (might I boast, a contributor to KYD … Read more
Books
Getting beyond ‘damper prose’: S.A. Jones on Australian literature
At the book launch for Red Dress Walking, my friend and fellow Marlborough Street Book Club member Simone clinked my champagne flute and slyly remarked, ‘Well Serje, now that you are an Australian author, you’ll have to stop bagging them’. I poked my tongue out at her … Read more
Podcast
“America is obsessed with its own failure”: Emmett Stinson
Emmett Stinson is an American who moved to Australia in 2004 – and it was only with distance from his homeland that he could write Known Unknowns, his debut collection. Podcast roadmap: Washington DC; corpses; Capgras syndrome; the best place to buy drugs in America; The Education … Read more
