Sydney Review of Books

Kerryn Goldsworthy


taught Australian literature at the University of Melbourne for seventeen years, has edited four anthologies of Australian writing, and has written extensively about Australian fiction. Her most recent book, Adelaide (2011), was shortlisted for the 2012 Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards.

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29/01/2013
What we talk about when we talk about Australian literature

The rhetoric of the publicity campaign for the Classics series is grounded in blame and indignation about the alleged ‘neglect’ of Australian literature by publishers, editors, journalists and, most of all, academics…