Nicholas Jose

Nicholas Jose has written widely on Australian and Asian culture. He has published several acclaimed novels, two collections of short stories, essays and a memoir, and was general editor of the Macquarie PEN Anthology of Australian Literature (2009). He is Professor of English and Creative Writing at the University of Adelaide.

Works By Nicholas Jose

David Malouf’s Surprises
An internationally acclaimed novelist, David Malouf has also sustained a long and distinguished career as a poet. In this essay, Nicholas Jose charts the affinities and concerns of a poetic corpus that continues to surprise after six decades.
25 July. 2025
Goodbye to Hong Kong
Who knows what lies ahead for Hong Kong? Its literature shows what did unfold and, collected and translated here under John Minford’s expert guidance, lets us share in what Hong Kong people care so much about.
28 Nov. 2021
UQP Makes History: a personal version
'One way the history of a publishing house can be told is through the readers of the books that a publisher produces.'
1 Nov. 2018
In the Swash Zone: Harriet Chandler by Moya Costello
Taking the means of production and dissemination into your own hands through self-publication throws a spanner into the established system of book marketing and promotional recognition. Is that why Moya Costello’s brilliant, beautiful book, Harrie...
3 Feb. 2016
In Hot Water: Death Fugue by Sheng Keyi
Death Fugue is a tale of two Chinas, but not the usual contrast of urban and rural or rich and poor in one of the world’s most unequal societies. Rather, it is a contrapuntal figuring of two opposed dreams of what China could be. ‘China Dream’ is
7 Nov. 2014
Going home singing: The Analects of Simon Leys
Analects are gleanings, crumbs under the table, fragments of old text that, in the case of Confucius, have coalesced into a classic. Simon Leys, his latest translator and annotator, seldom misses an opportunity to remind us just how ragged and loo...
19 Aug. 2014
Outpost thinking
Australia’s Asia offers counter-narratives to the received Australian narrative of Asia, dominated by the implementation, impact and slow dismantling of the White Australia policy.
1 Apr. 2013
Auto da fé: The Burning Library by Geordie Williamson
The Burning Library begins with an incendiary question: ‘Who or what killed Australian literature?’ The book investigates various possible answers before solving the mystery with the surprise discovery that the corpse may not be dead after all.
29 Jan. 2013

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Nicholas Jose

Works By Nicholas Jose

David Malouf’s Surprises

Goodbye to Hong Kong

UQP Makes History: a personal version

In the Swash Zone: Harriet Chandler by Moya Costello

In Hot Water: Death Fugue by Sheng Keyi

Going home singing: The Analects of Simon Leys

Outpost thinking

Auto da fé: The Burning Library by Geordie Williamson