It may be that the carbon tax is the final chapter in the strange death of Labor Australia. Richard Flanagan australiacarbonchapter Change image and share on social
I hate the way my life has been inexplicably overwhelmed by questionnaires. Life is so much stranger and so much more beautiful than the lists that reduce it to an anorexic assembly of tics and obsessions. Richard Flanagan anorexicassemblybeautiful share on social
Logging is an industry driven solely by greed. It prospers with government support and subsidies, and it is accelerating its rate of destruction, so that Tasmania is now the largest hardwood chip exporter in the world. Richard Flanagan acceleratechipdestruction share on social
Perhaps the virtue of coming from a place like Tasmania is that you had the great gift of knowing that you were not the centre of things, yet life was no less where you were. Richard Flanagan centrecomegift Change image and share on social
As a novelist, you have to be free. Books can't be an act of filial duty. Richard Flanagan actbookduty Change image and share on social
I am, of course, greatly honoured to win the Booker, which is one of the great literary prizes in the world. Richard Flanagan bookergreatgreatly Change image and share on social
Everything about The Bradshaws is controversial, fluid, uncertain: their age - perhaps 30,000 years old, perhaps older, perhaps more recent - who painted them, what they mean. Richard Flanagan 000agebradshaws Change image and share on social
Under Howard, federal government support for black Australia slowly dried up. Services were slashed, native title restricted. Richard Flanagan australiablackdry Change image and share on social
I come from a tiny mining town in the rainforest in an island at the end of the world. My grandparents were illiterate. Richard Flanagan endgrandparentilliterate Change image and share on social
Look at the history of literature, and you find the history of beauty on the one hand and the IOUs on the other. Richard Flanagan beautyfindhand Change image and share on social
