Literary essays books

An unashamed travel addict, Tony Wheeler writes about the joys of escaping home, satiating wanderlust, and why the...  Read More >>

Julian Burnside's grandparents lived in a world of handsome cars, elegant tennis parties and coiffed women. As a...  Read More >>

How has militarisation come to define Australian valour? Why has commemorating the centenary of World War I dominated...  Read More >>

In this beautifully written, eloquent piece, David Malouf explores the connections between writing and the imagination...  Read More >>

Australia has always prided itself on its luckiness. This book deals with this characteristic, and especially what...  Read More >>

With her trademark elegance and erudition, Gay Bilson embarks on a lively journey through cooking, recipes and home,...  Read More >>

In On Passion, celebrated Australian poet Dorothy Porter delves head first into the passions, both literary and...  Read More >>

Malcolm Knox contemplates love, Proust, soulmates in fiction, palindromic numbers and bloodlines, among other fixations,...  Read More >>

First published in 2018 by Melbourne University Publishing.  Read More >>

They're labelled as selfish, as deliberately barren , and sometimes as crazy old cat ladies, but increasingly women...  Read More >>

Merit has very little to do with the increasing dominance of men in the modern Liberal Party. Yet Liberal women...  Read More >>

How do we step outside our own echo chamber to understand others? What are we losing when we share fewer and fewer...  Read More >>

Elizabeth Wynhausen tells the story of an extraordinary inspirational character and reflects on the mysterious quality...  Read More >>

How is hate shaping our society? With the troubling rise of nationalist populism and the return of race politics,...  Read More >>

In this vivid, biographical piece, provocative director Barrie Kosky explores the feelings of intense joy and delight,...  Read More >>

A brilliant and eclectic new essay collection from a master of the form  Read More >>

Why do we have creeping inequality in the land? The answer lies in stagnant wage rises, gender pay inequity, insecure...  Read More >>

The Singapore Story by Lee Kwan Yew began in 1994 from being an excellent student exchange, to getting married and...  Read More >>

A sharp and provocative new essay collection from the award-winning author ofFreedom and The Corrections. Franzen's...  Read More >>

With his trademark eloquence and humour, Robert Dessaix, one of Australia's eminent writers, tackles humbug in the...  Read More >>

Founded in 1939, Southerly Alongside literary stalwarts, and in keeping with Southerly 's committed practice,...  Read More >>

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"""This is a Borzoi book published by Alfred A. Knopf."""  Read More >>

Vasyl Makhno's book of essays is a journey into history, into the past, into memory and search for one's roots....  Read More >>