Novel writing

Discusses and compares drafts, revisions, and typescript fragments of Capricornia (particularly of Chapter Three) with regard to the imaginative vision of the novel.

"I would like to insist that this paper is serious, but not academic. It is an impressionist piece, even if it relies heavily on metaphors…

Examines the political consequences inherent in the genre of the ‘well-made novel’. Argues that ‘a reading of The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith may tell us…

Pender’s article reveals information from newly discovered Christina Stead manuscripts, and proposes a new reading, in the light of these materials, of Stead’s posthumously published…

In the last fifteen years a remarkable number of Australian poets have attempted to write fiction. This phenomenon raises the inevitable question of what they…

Brigid Rooney interviews David Malouf.