Waiting for Godot: A Tragicomedy in Two Acts by Samuel Beckett
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Category: Literary Studies | Series: Faber Drama Ser.
Subtitled "A tragicomedy in two Acts", and famously described by the Irish critic Vivien Mercier as a play in which 'nothing happens, twice', "En attendant Godot" was first performed at the Theatre de Babylone in Paris in 1953. It was translated into English by Samuel Beckett, and "Waiting for Godot" op ...Show more
The Missing Ink: The Lost Art of Handwriting, and Why it Still Matters by Philip Hensher
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Category: Literary Studies | Reading Level: good-very good
'The wisest and wittiest argument imaginable for the preservation of handwriting. I have learnt so much, and by it have been so happily entertained, that I am compelled to recommend it to everyone.' Diana Athill The simple pleasure of picking up a pen and writing is a skill that has existed for thousand ...Show more
When I Was a Child I Read Books by Marilynne Robinson
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Category: Literary Studies
Of Marilynne Robinson, Michael Arditti said that there is 'no contemporary novelist whose work I would rather read' However she is not only a writer of sharp, subtly moving prose, but also a rigorous thinker and incisive essayist. In this luminous new collection she returns to the themes which have preo ...Show more
Writing Life
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Category: Literary Studies
Who else, but a writer, is really able to interrogate the work of other writers? From Christina Stead, Les Murray and Patrick White to Proust, Shakespeare and Charlotte Bronte, David Malouf reads and examines the work of writers who have challenged, inspired and entertained us for generations. He also e ...Show more
Prayers of a Secular World by Jordie Albiston
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Category: Literary Studies
A collection of prayers written by Australian poets expressing praise, thanksgiving, joy and sadness, faith and doubt in the existence of any kind of god, and forgiveness for our human frailties.
Depends What You Mean By Extremist by John Safran
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Category: Literary Studies
No one turns up where they're not wanted quite like John Safran. In this hilarious and disorienting adventure he gets among our diverse community of white nationalists, ISIS supporters, anarchists and more, digging away at the contradictions that many would prefer be left unexamined. Who is this black p ...Show more
Seven Types of Atheism by John Gray
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Category: Literary Studies
From the provocative author of Straw Dogs comes an incisive, surprising intervention in the political and scientific debate over religion and atheismWhen you explore older atheisms, you will find that some of your firmest convictions--secular or religious--are highly questionable. If this prospect distu ...Show more
50 Queer Music Icons Who Changed the World by Hardie Grant; Michele Rosenthal (Illustrator); Will Larnach-Jones
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Category: Literary Studies
Featuring beautifully illustrated portraits and profiles, 50 Queer Musicians Who Changed the World is a tribute to queer ground breakers who changed the face of music and popular culture. LGBTQ musicians have been pushing for change since the 1920s, with singers such as Bessie Smith crooning about same- ...Show more
Chaser Quarterly: Issue 12: Spring 2018, The by The Chaser
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Category: Literary Studies
On 26 January 1788 a bunch of old white men arrived in Australia and started ruining it for everyone. 240 years later, Australia is a completely different country, still being ruined by old white men. The Chaser Quarterly has compiled a diverse array of Australia's least eminent historians, Charles Firt ...Show more
Seize the Fire: Three Speeches by Richard Flanagan
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Category: Literary Studies | Reading Level: 4 Non Fiction
Australia is not a fixed entity, a collection of outdated bigotries and reactionary credos, but rather an invitation to dream, and this country-our country-belongs to its dreamers . . . if we are finally to once more go forward as a people it's time our dreamers were brought in from the cold. Richard F ...Show more
Choice Words: A collection of writing about abortion by Louise Swinn
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Category: Literary Studies
Edited by Louise Swinn, Choice Words is a timely collection of stories, essays, rants and raves from high profile women that seeks to demystify abortion and its surrounding stigma.
Accidental Feminists by Jane Caro
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Category: Literary Studies
Women over fifty-five are of the generation that changed everything. We didn't expect to. Or intend to. We weren't brought up much differently from the women who came before us, and we rarely identified as feminists, although almost all of us do now. Accidental Feminists is our story. It explores how th ...Show more