swf2014 | The Book Club

16 Jun, 2014 by admin

Best known for Room, her 2010 novel that has sold over one-million copies and was short-listed for the Man Booker & Orange Prizes,...

30 May, 2014 by admin

We’re all different from our parents, and there will always be elements of each other that we can’t understand; lived...

19 May, 2014 by admin

‘It’s Thinking Season’, proclaims the Sydney Writers’ Festival, and their lineup certainly lives up to that claim....

5 May, 2014 by admin

Alexis Wright writes challenging novels, her beautiful prose contrasts against examinations of the flaws and brutality of Australia,...

10 Feb, 2014 by admin

A Girl Is a Half-Formed Thing is a remarkable piece of literature. The prose is fractured, as half-formed as the girl of the title,...

13 Dec, 2013 by admin

Tim Ferguson has had a hell of a journey. As a member of the Doug Anthony Allstars, he toured Australia and the world, delighting and...

13 Dec, 2013 by admin

Alex Miller is one of Australia’s most celebrated writers. Two-times winner of the Miles Franklin, winner of the Commonwealth...

31 Oct, 2013 by admin

Rupert Murdoch is one of the most powerful men on earth, and perhaps one of the last true media barons. His empire, which began in...

31 Oct, 2013 by admin

Christos Tsiolkas is an Australian playwright, essayist, scriptwriter and novelist. Best known for his novels Loaded, The Jesus Man,...

20 Sep, 2013 by admin

Have you ever wanted to go on an adventure? Thought of a trip, so exciting, so extreme, that you’d love to set out on it, but...