Books
Roddy Meagher, the man who dared to be different
Paul Sheehan In this age of individualism, when everyone can turn their personalities into public personas via the internet, we are discovering that genuine eccentricity is rare.
Books hold more than just stories
Heckler I BOUGHT an e-book reader. Practicality was the reason. Buying two new books for the book club every six weeks was becoming expensive.
There's no substitute for books
Heckler I CONFESS: for at least 27 of my almost 33 years, I have been a reader.
Books you have to read
Heckler I'M HAVING trouble with the proclivity among women of a certain age of giving each other reading material.
Pull the plug on e-books
Heckler I'll never buy an e-reader. I love paper books too much. Every day I read that yet another cut-price e-reader has squished itself into the booming market.
The new A-Z of selling books
Jane Sullivan Novice authors are also becoming savvy self-marketers to get noticed, writes Jane Sullivan.
If you want to meet people, read books with big ideas
Vince Chadwick Reading is your ticket to many great journeys and friendships.
Browsing for books a pain
Heckler I have not one, not two, but three heckles that I'll lump together as bibliopathology, for want of a better term.
Novel way to get into my bad books
Heckler I LIKE good books and admire those who write them. But sometimes ''good'' books are not so good. You know the ones you buy thinking ''I should read that some time'', that sit on your bookshelf for...
The future of books
Jane Sullivan One of my favourite whizz-bang gadgets is a thing called the Book. No, not iBook, e-book, m-book or anything like that. Just a handy-sized collection of bound pages and type.
Browsing the people of the books
Jane Sullivan The only problem with the Back to Booktown festival at Clunes is that you can't do everything. There are two attractions this beautiful little goldmining town lays on once a year for bookish...
E-books lack the magic of the real thing
Gabriella Coslovich Books have a smell, a feel and a meaning no bit of plastic can match.
Sorting out the decade's top books
Jane Sullivan Peter Carey gets in at Number 72 with True History of the Kelly Gang, but he's beaten by J. M. Coetzee at Number 52 with Youth.
Shop wars are a dirty business
Julie Szego The sign in the shop window near Acland Street caught my attention on a recent afternoon stroll: ''If you don't shop locally, there won't be any local shops.
How to rekindle interest in the great Australian stories
Michael Heyward We are in the thick of a debate about how we value our literary heritage. So many writers who matter are out of print. Australian studies are on the margin at many of our universities.
I'm in training for music's marathon
Geoff Strong Staging Richard Wagner's four-opera Ring Cycle in the era of the 10-second attention span seems a bit like resurrecting the musical Hair in the age of the Brazilian wax.
Single parent families: the pain our politicians don't feel
Stephanie Peatling The budget has confirmed that families headed by a sole parent are seen as the least deserving.
Why Australian literature is alive and well and living in our universities
Ken Gelder In the Sunday Age and elsewhere over the past few months, universities have been accused of failing to teach enough Australian literature.
Act your age: immature movie men highlight a Big issue
Steve Rose Growing up sucks. Being young sucks, too. Especially if you're a white American male. You need only look at the four heroes of American Pie: Reunion.
Look life, and death, in the eye and discard the dross
Martin Flanagan There is an epidemic of depression among young people, we are told. There is an oft-quoted prediction of the World Health Organisation that depression will be the most prevalent disorder in the...
.gif)
