What supposedly bound that Commonwealth together was a mysterious shared identity - Britishness. Richard Flanagan bindbritishnesscommonwealth Change image and share on social
Generally, literary prizes are significant not for who the winner is but the discussion they create around books. Richard Flanagan bookcreatediscussion Change image and share on social
There is a crisis that is not political - an epidemic of loneliness, of sadness - and we're completely unequal to dealing with it. Richard Flanagan completelycrisisdeal Change image and share on social
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
God gets the great stories. Novelists must make do with more mundane fictions. Richard Flanagan fictiongodgreat 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
My father, unusually for a PoW, talked about his experiences, but he talked about them in a very limited way. Richard Flanagan experiencefatherlimit Change image and share on social
My mother hoped I'd be a plumber. Richard Flanagan hopemotherplumber Change image and share on social
A fictionalised memoir of my father would be a failure as a novel. Richard Flanagan failurefatherfictionalise Change image and share on social
Shakespeare was completely fictionalising the people who were then the great celebrities of English. Richard Flanagan celebritycompletelyenglish Change image and share on social
