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Annika Smethurst
On June 4, Federal Police raided the home of Walkley award-winning journalist Annika Smethurst, changing her life forever.
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Susan Johnson
In On Beauty, Susan Johnson explores the role of beauty in our lives, and in her life in particular: She writes of where her own search for beauty has taken…
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Sarah Ferguson
A mother’s love over decades and across continents. The sudden death of Sarah’s mother reveals their relationship with poignant clarity and shows her the individual who existed beyond motherhood. A…
Blanche d'Alpuget
On Lust & Longing brings two of Blanche D'Alpuget’s prominent works together.
Fleur Anderson
On Sleep is the story of our love-hate relationship with slumber. Part-time insomniac Fleur Anderson ponders the big questions: Why can’t I sleep?
Juliana Engberg
It’s almost impossible to get lost these days; the fastest and most direct route arrives with the press of a few keys. But what of the joys of the unexpected…
Elisabeth Wynhausen
Elizabeth Wynhausen tells the story of an extraordinary inspirational character and reflects on the mysterious quality that is resilience.
Malcolm Knox
Malcolm Knox contemplates love, Proust, soulmates in fiction, palindromic numbers and bloodlines, among other fixations, and wonders if the obsessive quest marks a retreat from life a
Paula Matthewson
Merit has very little to do with the increasing dominance of men in the modern Liberal Party. Yet Liberal women continue to defend it. Until now. ON MERIT explores this…
Tory Shepherd
Tory Shepherd looks at how women’s freedom to choose motherhood is reshaping their own lives as well as society.
Germaine Greer
Rape statistics remain intractable: one woman in five will experience sexual violence. Very few rapes find their way into court. The crucial issue is consent, thought by some to be…
This is Germaine Greer’s powerful essay about Aboriginal dispossession. With characteristic acuity and passion Greer looks to the causes of rage and its consequences in Aboriginal men.
Ashleigh Wilson
If we denounce the artist, then what becomes of the work that remains?
Katharine Murphy
The internet has shaken the foundations of life: public and private lives are wrought by the 24-hour, seven-day-a-week news cycle that means no one is ever off duty. On Disruption…
Sarah Hanson-Young
When Sarah Hanson-Young called out the abuse she received from male parliamentarians as slut-shaming, she sparked a national conversation about the rampant sexism in politics. After witnessing verbal abuse levelled…
Gay Bilson
This series pairs leading Australian thinkers and cultural figures with some of the big themes in life. Gay Bilson rose to fame as chef and owner of the influential Australian…
Daisy Jeffrey
How ordinary people can change the world and help save the planet.
John Birmingham
John Birmingham’s father died. And his life fell apart. The next six months were spent grinding through the dark forests of depression until he finally emerged out of the darkness…
Dorothy Porter
A wonderful, ultimately joyous, insight into the creative life of one of our best loved poets.
Robert Dessaix
Robert Dessaix takes on the erosion of meaning when words mask motivations in the modern world.
Nikki Gemmell
International bestselling author, Nikki Gemmell bring us an essay on the power of quiet in a shouty world. Gemmell makes the case for why quiet and its companion, a calm…
Stan Grant
Tribalism, nationalism and sectarianism are dividing the world into us and them. Communities are a tinderbox of anger and resentment. Stan Grant argues that it is time to leave identity…
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Natasha Stott Despoja
Why is violence against women endemic, and how do we stop it?
Tim Soutphommasane
How is hate shaping our society? When nationalist populism has the capacity to threaten social cohesion, it’s time to question the powers at play.
Leigh Sales
When society seems to demand confidence and certainty, how much courage does it take to admit doubt, especially self-doubt? MUP’s Little Books on Big Themes series pairs Australia’s leading thinkers…
