Books (Featured)
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The Bright Ages by Matthew Gabriele and David Perry review – the colourful side of the dark ages
The middle ages are a sort of paradox, write the authors of this engaging history. Peter Frankopan The Guardian “When…
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The Treaty by Gretchen Friemann review – the road to division in Ireland
At 3am on 3 December 1921, the mail steamer Cambria, on her maiden voyage between Holyhead and Kingstown, now Dún…
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Book Review: Country is an urgent call to learn from Indigenous knowledges to care for the land
This line sits towards the concluding paragraphs of Country: Future Fire, Future Farming, by Yuin, Bunurong and Tasmanian activist and…
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Her Voice
A ground-breaking collection of personal stories from Greek women and their friends is published and available now. Her Voice, Greek…
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The big idea: are we really so polarised?
But emotion, not policies, may be what actually divides us. Dominic Packer and Jay Van Bavel The Guardian In 2020,…
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Henry Kissinger’s Last Crusade: Stopping Dangerous AI
He became intrigued after being persuaded by Eric Schmidt, who was then the executive chairman of Google, to attend a…
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How Humane Wars are Inhumane
Samuel Moyn’s Humane: How the United States Abandoned Peace and Reinvented War argues that efforts to make war more ethical have…
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The best new books to read in October as selected by avid readers and critics
Each month, we’ll present a shortlist of new releases read and recommended by The Bookshelf’s Kate Evans and The Book…
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Abdulrazak Gurnah wins the 2021 Nobel prize in literature
The Nobel prize in literature has been awarded to the novelist Abdulrazak Gurnah, for his “uncompromising and compassionate penetration of the…
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David Lindenmayer’s new book is a reminder the world is still beautiful
But the world is still a beautiful place. And for Canberra scientist David Lindenmayer, it’s the ash forests of Victoria…
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The Late Career Switch
Lucy Kellaway had a dream job. Her self-proclaimed title was Chief Bullshit Correspondent for the Financial Times though in polite company she’d…
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Prisoners of Time by Christopher Clark review – bravura examination of political power
An acclaimed historian teases out the truth to exhilarating effect Andrew Antony The Guardian he Australian historian and Regius professor…
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For eight years I’ve served Australia. The racist hate and disgusting abuse still crushes me
I’ve been called a maggot, a cockroach, a whore and a cow – but I’m not going anywhere. Mehreen Faruqi…
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Best book club bets: the must-read books for winter
This gripping novel is the story of Lex, a New York lawyer with a dark past. Georgie Gordon The Age…
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Miles Franklin Literary Award 2021 shortlist announced
Australian-Indian author Aravind Adiga, who won the Booker in 2008 with his debut The White Tiger, is one of six…
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Growing up with trees: new books use story and science to connect kids with nature
But it really means I spend a lot of time thinking and finding out about people’s relationships with the natural…
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