Review: The Nutmeg’s Curse by Amitav Ghosh

A powerful retelling of the last 500 years of history – and where we go next.

Sex and death with Tennessee Williams

In his two Pulitzer-winning plays Tennessee Williams puts the light on the shadowy corners of desire.

Review: Passionate Friends by Sylvia Martin

A warm and erudite biography of love between to women in the early 20th century.

Review: Australiana by Yumna Kassab

An all-too-human portrayal of the people who live on the land.

Review: The Inheritance Of Loss by Kiran Desai

A heaving, seething, raging novel full of life’s absurdities.

Review: A Room With A View by E. M. Forster

A classic novel of travel and Romance.

Review: Sex And Vanity by Kevin Kwan

A fizzy adaptation of E. M. Forster’s A Room With A View.

Review: An Exciting And Vivid Inner Life by Paul Dalla Rossa

Stories that illuminate the condition of the modern world.

Review: Stone Fruit by Lee Lai

A sympathetic and warts-and-all depiction of love, loss and family.

Review: The Dawn Of Everything by David Graeber and David Wengrow

A big history of people that demolishes the myth of progress.