In 2001 Rundle was co-editor of Arena magazine. He also wrote the Quarterly Essay issues, The Opportunist: John Howard and the Triumph of Reaction (2001), and The Opportunist: John Howard's Last Stand (2004).
In 2009, Rundle won the Age Book of the Year Award, Non-Fiction category, for Down to the Crossroads: On the Trail of the 2008 US Election.
