Cirrus@Austlit

'It was Richard Evans who outed me, firstly to myself,” writes David McAllister. It was 2002, not long after McAllister had become artistic director of the Australian Ballet and Evans had joined the company as executive director.' (Introduction)

'Alex Miller is a novelist who has always welcomed a conversation with history. During a period in our national literary life when there have been occasional flashes of tension between history and fiction, Miller’s work has luminously transcended these categories in a way only achieved by the greatest literature.' (Introduction)

'Nick Cave’s new book records the remaking of the artist and the man, writes Felicity Plunkett' (Introduction)