AustLit

'Clive James 1939-2019 Years after Clive James predicted his own death, the leaves finally turned, writes fellow poet Sarah Holland-Batt'

'Clive James 1939-2019 Clive James left Australia long ago but his legacy in this country is immeasurable, writes chief literary critic Geordie Williamson'

'A rollicking road trip drama by The Chaser’s Chris Taylor sees two lost souls confront their past'

'John Brack’s famous 1955 painting, Collins St, 5pm, reminds us that Australian life in the 1950s could be dull. Really dull. Brack’s lugubrious grey commuters march down a grey Collins Street, committed to a life of slavish uniformity. But many of his ­contemporaries took a different approach. They embraced ­colour, and excelled at it — from the violent colours of Arthur Boyd to the intricate, subtler pigments of Fred Williams, through art the colour and vividness of the Australian landscape could drip into its cities. And Mirka Mora, the Melbourne painter and local celebrity who died last year aged 90, has to be one of the most colourful of all.' (Introduction)