Essays

Just Macbeth!

Essay by Mark Isaacs Just Macbeth! is Shakespeare like I’ve never read him before. It’s …

Year: Secondary, Year 7 Book Author: Andy Griffiths Illustrator: Terry Denton Publisher: Pan Macmillan Australia Published year: 2009

The White Earth

Essay by Rebecca Starford Fire is an element deeply embedded in the Australian consciousness. In …

Year: Secondary, Year 11 Book Author: Andrew McGahan Publisher: Allen & Unwin Published year: 2005

Speaking in Tongues

Essay by Melissa Reeves I have worked quite a bit with Andrew Bovell. We have collaborated on two (…

Book Author: Andrew Bovell Publisher: Currency Press Published year: 2011

Carpentaria

Essay by Meera Atkinson I first read the fiction of Alexis Wright when I was writing a thesis on …

Year: Secondary, Year 12 Book Author: Alexis Wright Publisher: Giramondo Publishing Published year: 2006

Journey to the Stone Country

Essay by Morag Fraser There is no recommended apprenticeship for writers. Nor are there any …

Year: Secondary, Year 12 Book Author: Alex Miller Publisher: Allen & Unwin Published year: 2003

The One Day of the Year

Essay by Anne Pender Provocations The One Day of the Year is one of the most provocative plays …

Year: Secondary, Year 10, Year 9 Book Author: Alan Seymour Publisher: Angus & Robertson Published year: 1958

Revisiting and Re-imagining The One Day of the Year

Essay by Jonathan Bollen In 1960, Alan Seymour’s The One Day of the Year, may have been, as the …

Year: Secondary, Year 10, Year 9 Book Author: Alan Seymour Publisher: Angus & Robertson Published year: 1958

Zac and Mia

Essay by Agnes Nieuwenhuizen In the 1980s, 1990s, and early 2000s there was a flurry of what were …

Year: Secondary, Year 10 Book Author: A.J. Betts Publisher: Text Publishing Published year: 2013

A Fortunate Life

Essay by Geordie Williamson The story has been told so often it has taken on an air of myth. One…

Year: Secondary, Year 8 Book Author: A.B. Facey Publisher: Fremantle Press Published year: 1981

Hope: Selected Poetry and Prose

Essay by Kerry Greenwood A. D. Hope is well recognised as one of Australia's greatest poets, who…

Year: Secondary, Year 12 Book Author: A. D. Hope Publisher: Halstead Press Published year: 2000