All posts tagged "essays"
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975Books & LiteratureBook Review: What Have the French Ever Done For Us? Edited by John West-Sooby
COLLECTION: What have the French done for the cultural life of Australia, and more globally? That is the question addressed by the essays in this volume, penned by eminent experts in their fields.
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1.9KBooks & LiteratureBook Review: Novelist as a Vocation, by Haruki Murakami
NON-FICTION: In this engaging book, the internationally best-selling author and famously reclusive writer shares with readers what he thinks about being a novelist; his thoughts on the role of the novel in our society; his own origins as a writer; and his musings on the sparks of creativity that inspire other writers, artists, and musicians.
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1.6KBooks & LiteratureBook Review: Talking About a Revolution, by Yassmin Abdel-Magied 
NON-FICTION: With her trademark optimism, sass, boldness and search for answers, across a collection of new and revisited essays, Yassmin Abdel-Magied explores resistance, transformation, and revolution.
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1.3KBooks & LiteratureBook Review: Burning Questions, by Margaret Atwood
NON-FICTION: An exhilarating collection of non-fiction from the bestselling, double Booker Prize-winning phenomenon that is Margaret Atwood.
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1.0KBooks & LiteratureBook Review: In the Margins, by Elena Ferrante
LITERATURE: Reflections on reading and writing from the author of My Brilliant Friend.
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1.8KBooks & LiteratureBook Review: Conversations on Love, by Natasha Lunn
NON-FICTION: A celebration of love in all its strange and beautiful forms - now a top ten Sunday Times bestseller
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939Books & LiteratureBook Review: The Mother of All Questions, by Rebecca Solnit
This collection of feminist essays covers a wide range of topics including literature, the silencing of women’s voices, sexual assault and motherhood - which is The Mother of All Questions.
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1.2KBooks & LiteratureBook Review: A Universe of One’s Own, by Antonia Hayes
Three essays describing how growing up with two languages impacted the author and how her early love of reading focused on The Baby-Sitters Club series.
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3.9KBooks & LiteratureBook Review: Note to Self, by Connor Franta
The second memoir by 24 year old 'social influencer' Connor Franta, who has made a name for himself on social media and YouTube.
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915Books & LiteratureBook Review: Treasure Palaces, edited by Maggie Fergusson
A treasury of guided tours from great literary writers of their favourite museums all around the world, including Tim Winton, Margaret Drabble and Roddy Doyle.
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2.1KBooks & LiteratureBook Review: It Gets Worse, by Shane Dawson
A collection of personal anecdotes from the frenetic mind of Shane Dawson, from hare-brained antics to deeply personal issues, but all with the same brand of humour.
