Alexander Howard

Alexander Howard Senior Lecturer, Discipline of English and Writing, University of Sydney

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Prime Minister’s Literary Awards winners 2025: investigating power, privilege and inequality

Prime Minister’s Literary Awards winners 2025: investigating power, privilege and inequality

Michelle de Kretser has won the fiction prize in the 2025 Prime Minister’s Literary Awards. It’s her second major prize this year for her ambitious, experimental novel Theory and Practice, which won the 2025 Stella Prize (and was shortlisted for the Miles Franklin).

Gertrude Stein got famous lampooning celebrity culture – but not everyone got the joke

Gertrude Stein got famous lampooning celebrity culture – but not everyone got the joke

Today, modernist literary icon Gertrude Stein is famous for many reasons.

Australian writers shocked and ‘disgusted’ by closure of 85-year-old literary journal Meanjin

Australian writers shocked and ‘disgusted’ by closure of 85-year-old literary journal Meanjin

After 85 years of continuous publication, Meanjin, Australia’s second-oldest literary journal, is closing.

Australian writers shocked and ‘disgusted’ by closure of 85-year-old literary journal Meanjin

Australian writers shocked and ‘disgusted’ by closure of 85-year-old literary journal Meanjin

After 85 years of continuous publication, Meanjin, Australia’s second-oldest literary journal, is closing.