Literature
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Tsitsi Dangarembga – Booker Prize nominee arrested in Zimbabwe
Dangarembga, 61, and another protester were bundled into a police lorry while carrying placards. BBC The government has warned that…
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Publishers rush to fill demand as books on race and racism sell out amid protests
Bookshops have sold out of several titles on the topics, with publishers racing to reprint and order more stock in…
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A Soft Spot for Atheism
Atheism is too serious a business to be left to the unbelievers. Costica Bradatan Commonweal They are too much into…
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Collaborative Article – May 2020: On Loneliness
As we seek to forge and maintain human connection in a time of global disorder, Agora Dialogue is trialling a…
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The week’s best TV, film, books and music
Classic TV – Parks and Recreation BBC This brilliant sitcom has back in the news in recent weeks, after its…
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Morbid Symptoms (a crime novel)
“The crisis consists precisely in the fact that the old is dying and the new cannot be born; in this interregnum…
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A beginner’s guide to reading and enjoying poetry
For most people, these occasions – as well as their schooldays – are the only times they encounter poetry. Andrew…
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Luka finds modern meaning in ‘The Odyssey’
That at least is the view of Australian poet Luka Lesson, who’s about to embark on an online workshop as…
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Guide to the Classics: Albert Camus’ The Plague
Unable to return to Australia, they were in lockdown. Matthew Sharpe The Conversation The hospitals were filling up fast, as…
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Colum McCann and the grief of two fathers for their slain daughters
Rami Elhunan’s 13-year-old daughter Smadar died when three Palestinian bombers blew themselves up in a Tel Aviv shopping street. Bassam’s…
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In times of crisis, we turn to the arts.
Staying indoors and washing our hands may keep us alive, but the Australian government needs to protect the arts in…
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Stella Prize 2020: a readers’ guide to the contenders
Even as we retreat into our homes in this time of crisis, words can help us reach out to each…
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A man with an eye for a story
He is 10 years old, wears a patched grey suit, speaks fluent English and carries himself like an adult. Jane…
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What my students taught me about reading: old books hold new insights for the digital generation
The course includes works by Shakespeare, Austen, Woolf and Dickens. Kate Flaherty The Conversation I know what these books did…
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Literature for a lockdown
If you’re in angst-ridden quarantine, you’ll probably be finding it hard to take your mind off things. Paola Tamma and…
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An Epic Novel Haunted by the Ghosts of Colonialism
To whom does one life belong? As the man born Abel Paisley prepares to greet death, the question takes on…
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