Frank Moorhouse
Chris Wallace-Crabbe reviews 'Dark Palace' by Frank Moorhouse
Relations between the public arena and the private are what the novel is all about. This loose, generous prose form was developed i More
Paul Genoni reviews 'The Drover's Wife' edited by Frank Moorhouse
In this collection of more than thirty pieces of fiction, journalism, criticism, academic papers, and ephemera (acceptance speeches, parliamentary questions, university course outlines), F More
David Rolph reviews 'Australia Under Surveillance' by Frank Moorhouse
Operating in the shadows, security agencies usually have indifferent reputations. Their very nature prevents them from fully explaining themselves. At least some of their activities, if exposed to full scrutiny, would not enhance their reputations. There is a need for security agencies, yet the nature and scope of their role, powers, and responsibilities are contest ... More
Open Page with Frank Moorhouse
Why do you write?
Storytelling in all its forms is one way of having something curious, strange, and comforting to say to others and ourselves when we are faced with the malaise of the real.
Are you a vivid dreamer?
Yes, hugely. But I no longer have much of a theory of dream interpretation. I do kn ... More
Kerryn Goldsworthy reviews 'Cold Light' by Frank Moorhouse
Admirers of the first two volumes in Frank Moorhouse’s ‘Edith Trilogy’, Grand Days (1993) and Dark Palace (2000), will remember the gripping and heartbreaking scene at the end of Dark Palace in which Edith Campbell Berry, her British husband, Ambrose, and several of their senior colleagues are humiliatingly informed, in the cruellest ... More
