Edward Said · Permission to narrate
The political question of moment is why, rather than fundamentally altering the Western view of Israel, the events of...| London Review of Books
The political question of moment is why, rather than fundamentally altering the Western view of Israel, the events of...| London Review of Books
My journey with The Parisian has been a labour of love. I started reading it the week before Australia went pear-shaped with Covid-19 back in March. I was really enjoying it, but it’s a thoug…| This Reading Life
Harry Ellis is last to step onto the rough-hewn planks of Circular Quay. Some days, Dr Reynolds, I can picture him in excessive detail. At sixteen, rangy and delicate, he is yet to grow the beard t…| This Reading Life
In the Lenin Barracks in Barcelona, the day before I joined the militia, I saw an Italian militiaman standing in front of the officers’ table. The Spanish Civil War (1936-39) is a confusing a…| This Reading Life
in ember and ash / the heart of the Noongar Nation beats buried… Refugia comes from the Latin word ‘refugium’, a noun that meant ‘the act of taking refuge’ or ‘a…| This Reading Life
Lena Derwent had worked at Mason’s for less than a week when they started making fun of her. Highway 13 is a collection of short stories by Australian writer, Fiona McFarlane. The stories are…| This Reading Life
The Spanish war has probably produced a richer crop of lies than any event since the Great War of 1914-18, but I honestly doubt, in spite of all those hecatombs of nuns who have been raped and cruc…| This Reading Life
A sister is not a friend. Who can explain the urge to take a relationship as primal and complex as a sibling and reduce it to something as replaceable, as banal as a friend? Have you ever read a bo…| This Reading Life
Yun Ko-eun is the pen name for South Korean writer Ko Eun-ju. Ever since the buzz surrounding The Disaster Tourist (2020), I have been curious about this author and her writing. When I spotted her …| This Reading Life
and so it begins / a new beginning / not quite genesis She is the Earth is described on the title page as a verse novel but it reads more like a long poem, and like most poetry, it bears repeated r…| This Reading Life
