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Dear Mutzi by Tess Scholfield-Peters Harry Peters—formerly Hermann Ludwig Pollnow, known to his family as Mutzi—was born in Berlin in 1920. As a teenager, he fled Nazi Germany and landed in rural Australia. Harry’s parents, Max and Edith, stayed and perished in Nazi camps.
If Anna Funder wishes to attack George Orwell, as she does for page after page in Wifedom, that is, of course, her right. The sad truth, though, is that her efforts to present Eileen Blair as the genius behind Animal farm are ludicrous. This book is the work of a fact-mangling crank, unworthy of a major publisher's imprint
Joining the Guardian columnist and Observer art critic are academics Tiya Miles and Noreen Masud, FT journalist Madhumita Murgia and poet Safiya Sinclair
Women have forsaken their own creative pursuits to rally around celebrated husbands. Books like ‘The Chosen’ and ‘Wifedom: Mrs Orwell’s Invisible Life’ and films like ‘Maestro’ and ‘Priscilla’ are now recasting spouses as historical actors in the tales of artistic achievements
The line-up for southern hemisphere's largest literary festival includes Booker Prize-winners and BookTok favourites alongside Aotearoa's own book stars.