They’re a delightfully nerdy couple: the author of Girl With a Pearl Earring and the science writer whose latest book explores our relationship with trees.
Archive for August, 2018
Two of us with literary couple Tracy Chevalier and Jonathan Drori
Friday, August 31st, 2018Yes, crime does pay, just ask Christian White and his Nowhere Child
Friday, August 31st, 2018This Victorian novelist’s success – a six-figure, two-book deal – is just the beginning. And now it’s time to party.
Less is more: Andrew Sean Greer’s prize a big win for queer literature
Friday, August 31st, 2018Not since 1978’s Tales of the City have books by queer authors received much critical attention. But this Pulitzer-winning novel looks to a brighter future.
William McInnes on life, and losing his greatest love
Friday, August 31st, 2018Actor William McInnes talks on his career and the women that have influenced him.
Advice from drag queens turned a depressed queer girl into a global pop star
Friday, August 31st, 2018Heloise Letissier was in a deep depression when she met some drag queens who urged her to be bold, It worked. Now she is the French pop phenomenon Christine and the Queens.
How horticulturalist William Robert Guilfoyle revealed the botany of Shakespeare
Friday, August 31st, 2018Horticulturalist William Robert Guilfoyle has lingered in the shadows of our gardening history. Now his huge contribution and exploration of Shakespeare’s use of botany is revealed.
Matt Groening’s new comedy Disenchantment casts a spell
Friday, August 31st, 2018With wry and dry touches, this fractured fairytale plays like The Simpsons crossed with The Princess Bride.
‘Breast Master’ surgeon and online site at loggerheads
Friday, August 31st, 2018Sydney’s ‘Breast Master’ takes his image very serious, especially when he’s up against this city’s ‘King of Boobs’.
Australia’s new climate of fear
Friday, August 31st, 2018Australia’s rural landscape is terrifying readers around the world – a sub-genre warranting its own moniker, outback noir.
Wattle Day: How nationalism and golden boughs beat off the waratah
Friday, August 31st, 2018September 1 is Wattle Day but our national emblem was challenged by the Waratah on its journey to floral supremacy.