A novel is a journey into your own soul, and you seek there to discover those things that you share with all others. Richard Flanagan discoverjourneyseek Change image and share on social
Through my youth, there was imposed on us a culture relentlessly English. English books were all you could buy; English television filled our screens, and in consequence, England seemed to matter in a way that our world didn't. Richard Flanagan bookbuyconsequence share on social
A Labor prime minister, Julia Gillard, who does believe in climate change, nevertheless advised her predecessor, Kevin Rudd, to abandon his emissions trading scheme. Richard Flanagan abandonadvisechange Change image and share on social
The 2007 Labor campaign was the most presidential in Australian history, with a slogan - Kevin07 - exceeded in its banality only by its success. Richard Flanagan australianbanalitycampaign Change image and share on social
My father was the first to read in his family, and he said to me that words were the first beautiful thing he ever knew. Richard Flanagan beautifulfamilyfather 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 Malcolm Fraser's Liberal governments in the 1970s, large numbers of refugees fleeing Vietnam in wretched boats were taken in without any great fuss. Richard Flanagan 1970sboatflee Change image and share on social
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
The idea of some people being less than people is poison to any society and needs to be named as such in order to halt its spread before it turns the soul of a society septic. Richard Flanagan haltideaname 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
