Three monsters - racism, misogyny and ageism - preside over Michelle de Kretser's mesmerising and...

WINNER OF THE STELLA PRIZE FOR FICTION 2025'The most thrilling fiction of the year ... an absolut...

WINNER OF THE STELLA PRIZE FOR FICTION 2025'The most thrilling fiction of the year ... an absolut...

'That rare treasure, a perfect novel' TIMEA name is the first story that attaches itself to a lif...

On Shirley Hazzard is a vibrant and personal tribute in which the Miles Franklin Award-winning no...

In a corner of south-western France, a young rose grower nurtures a private passion to breed an e...

The place is Ceylon, the time the 1930s. Set amid tea plantations, corruption and the backwash of...

“This is a gorgeous, delicately surprising piece of writing. . . . It's like spirit photography, ...

Tom Loxley, an Indian-Australian professor, is less concerned with finishing his book on Henry Ja...

Tom Loxley is holed up in a cottage in the bush, trying to finish his book on Henry James, when h...

A flamboyant beauty who once partied with the Prince of Wales and who now, in her seventh decade,...

Writing with poignancy and mesmerizing detail, Michelle de Kretser has penned a haunting tale set...