AustLit

'Leila McDougall may be Australia's most unlikely filmmaker. She's a farmer who'd never set foot on a movie set. She had no acting experience, and for that matter, no script, no director, no producer and no financing.' (Introduction)

'When Rebel Wilson's memoir is published in Australia and New Zealand next month, parts of it will be redacted for legal reasons.'

'Provocateur, DIY punk and your friendly neighbourhood poet-uncle, Ouyang Yu is a transgressor whose faith lies only in the hardest vices (poetry, disappointment).' (Introduction)

'More than 50 years after her, Australian writer Charmian Clift’s literary star continues to rise, in no small part thanks to the dedication of her editor and biographer, Nadia Wheatley.'  (Introduction)

'"It is psychotic to draw a line from one place to another," wrote poet and author Bhanu Kapil about the partition of India. "It is psychotic to submit to violence in a time of great violence and yet it is psychotic to leave that home or country, the place where you submitted again and again, forever."' (Introduction)