It is Davies’s failure to think his way fully into the material that keeps "The Boy" middling warm rather than hot. Erotic fiction, after all, is a kind of pastoral, and its demands on the imagination of the writer are ...

This is a collection of diary entries during the author's research into her book on the social reformer Hephzibah Menuhin.

This essay is a discussion of Hilary's Mantel's writing, especially her recently-published memoir which tells of her childhood, her development into a writer and her battle with serious illness.

This article is a review of various Children's Reference Books, including: Andrew Langley, "Oxford First Book of Space"; "On The Move: An Encyclopedia of Transport"; Linda Pitkin, "Journey Under The Sea"; Barbara Taylor, ...

It is difficult for non-Aboriginal novelists to deal adequately with Aboriginal experience in their work. There are many reasons for this, not the least of which is general ignorance about Aboriginal experience. But another, ...

Pamela Statham-Drew’s account of Stirling’s governorship is very detailed and will enhance his reputation for competence. Statham-Drew has been well served by the publishers. This is a handsome volume, with good maps and ...

Accepted on its own terms, "The Twilight of the Élites" is just fine: a readable digest of various strands in current conservative thought, with some parts of which I disagree violently, to other parts of which I am far ...

When Nikki Gemmell described her sense of liberation on deciding to publish "The Bride Stripped Bare" anonymously, she seemed to have in mind only a desire not to offend people close to her. She would also have liberated ...