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A timely biography of an important Australian novelist delves into the complexities of her personal and political life.
Macquarie University/The Lighthouse Australia’s wartime leader John Curtin declared from his first days in office that everyone should read poetry, writes Macquarie University poetry scholar and Curtin’s great-grandson, Dr Toby Davidson, author of a new book about the PM’s passion for verse. When he first became Prime Minister in October 1941, John Curtin informed the press that he held to a Sunday night poetry reading ritual and he declared that “every man should read poetry for the good of his soul”. Well versed: As Prime Minister, John Curtin’s wartime speeches quoted Shakespea...