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Texts in the City: Summer of the Seventeenth Doll

Lili Wilkinson and guest Ailsa Piper explore Ray Lawler's Australian classic, Summer of the Seventeenth Doll.

Texts in the City: Persuasion

This edition of Texts in the City features Lili Wilkinson and Laura Carroll discussing Jane Austen's Persuasion.

J.M. Coetzee: A Reading

In this very special event, acclaimed novelist J.M. Coetzee reads from his new book, The Childhood of Jesus.

Australian Literature 102: Henry Lawson: The Drover's Wife

Martin Flanagan and James Ley discuss an Australian classic - Henry Lawson's short story The Drover's Wife.

Texts in the City: Will You Please Be Quiet, Please?

Tony Birch and Josephine Rowe explore Raymond Carver's 1976 short story collection, Will You Please Be Quiet, Please?

Texts in the City: Brooklyn

Tony Birch and Corrie Perkin discuss Colm Tóibín's Brooklyn.

Geordie Williamson: The Burning Library

Geordie Williamson explains his passion for Australian literature's past masters. With Sarah L'Estrange.

David Shields in Conversation

Author David Shields speaks to Sally Heath about his wildly inventive manifesto, Reality Hunger.

NonfictioNow Melbourne 2012: Nonfiction: The Art of Truth - Writerly Perspectives

Helen Garner, David Shields, Jose Dalisay Jr and Margo Jefferson join Michael Cathcart to discuss the boundaries and ...

Australian Literature 101: Tim Winton: Cloudstreet

In this episode of Australian Literature 101, Ramona Koval is joined by Cloudstreet's first publisher, Hilary McPhee.

Australian Literature 101: Kim Scott: That Deadman Dance

Philip Morrissey joins Ramona Koval to discuss Kim Scott's award-winning modern classic, That Deadman Dance.

Australian Literature 101: Patrick White: Voss

Ramona Koval is joined by Peter Craven, who offers his considered thoughts on Patrick White's classic novel Voss.

McSweeney's 41: Australian Aboriginal Fiction Edition

Join us for a celebration of McSweeney's 41 - a survey of contemporary Australian Aboriginal fiction - with its edito...

The Hazel Rowley Legacy

Alex Miller and Jim Davidson mark the anniversary of their friend Hazel Rowley's passing, and announce the winner of ...

Texts in the City: A Christmas Carol

Ruby J Murray and Dr Grace Moore examine Charles Dickens' classic text, A Christmas Carol.

Australian Literature 101: Ray Lawler: Summer of the Seventeenth Doll

Alison Croggon explores Ray Lawler's Summer of the Seventeenth Doll for Australian Literature 101, with Ramona Koval.

Australian Literature 101: Christina Stead: The Man Who Loved Children

Ramona Koval is joined by Michelle de Kretser, who examines Christina Stead's classic novel, The Man Who Loved Children.

Texts in the City: Collected Poems of Gwen Harwood

In this video-only Texts in the City, Jenny Niven and Chris Wallace-Crabbe look at Collected Poems of Gwen Harwood.

Texts in the City: Cosí

Lorin Clarke joins Ruby Murray to discuss Louis Nowra's Australian classic, Cosi.

Australian Literature 101: Judith Wright: Poems

Chris Wallace-Crabbe joins Ramona Koval to discuss the poems of Judith Wright.

Janette Turner Hospital: Turbulent Voices

Janette Turner Hospital discusses her distinguished career as a writer and educator of literature with Jo Case.

Australian Literature 101: Watkin Tench: A Narrative of the Expedition to Botany Bay

In the series debut, Ramona Koval and Michael Williams explore the generous historical voice of Watkin Tench.

Meanland: Literature, Genre and the Digital Age

Jacinda Woodhead, Myke Bartlett, Lili Wilkinson and Louise Swinn ask: will today's genre be tomorrow's literature?

Simon Leys on Literary Criticism: Why and How

In this lecture, the acclaimed writer interrogates the relationships between readers, authors and critics.

The Late Great: Marcus Clarke

Tony Moore, Robyn Annear and Des Cowley remember 'urban bohemian' journalist, poet and novelist Marcus Clarke.

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