Geordie Williamson
2017 Calibre Essay Prize Judges
Tuesday, 26 August 2014
Sheila Fitzpatrick, a professor at the University of Sydney specialising in the history of modern Russia, is one of the world’s most influential Soviet historians. She is the author of two memoirs, My Father’s Daughter (2010) and A Spy ...
Bernadette Brennan reviews 'The Burning Library: Great Novelists Lost and Found' by Geordie Williamson
Bernadette Brennan
Saturday, 02 February 2013
As a reader, teacher, and scholar of Australian literature, I applaud any initiative directed towards increasing readers’ understanding of, and engagement with, Australian writing. Geordie Williamson’s The Burning Library sets out to achieve that goal. Through a mix of biography and literary review, Williamson seeks to recuperate the work and reputation o ...