Nothing seemed to offer more striking proof to the late Victorian mind of the infernal truth of social Darwinism than the supposed demise of the Tasmanian Aborigines. Richard Flanagan aboriginedarwinismdemise Change image and share on social
The only accusation of Gillian Triggs with the ring of truth is that she has lost the confidence of the government - but then, so too has Tony Abbott. Richard Flanagan abbottaccusationconfidence Change image and share on social
The problem with making movies is that you have to devote so much of your life to fawning and flattering the men in suits, whereas that doesn't happen in books. You just go and write, and then the book comes out. Richard Flanagan bookdevotefawn share on social
For much of the latter part of the 20th century, Australia seemed to be opening up to something large and good. It believed itself a generous country, the land of the 'fair go.' Richard Flanagan 20thaustraliabelieve Change image and share on social
In Australia, the Man Booker is sometimes seen as something of a chicken raffle. Richard Flanagan australiabookerchicken Change image and share on social
Unlike some mainland black groups, Tasmanian Aborigines now have no traditional tribal culture left. It was taken from them with great violence and great rapidity. Richard Flanagan aborigineblackculture Change image and share on social
I grew up very strongly with this sense of time being circular: that it constantly returned upon itself. Richard Flanagan circularconstantlygrow Change image and share on social
'The Narrow Road to the Deep North' is one of the most famous books of all Japanese literature, written by the great poet Basho in 1689. Richard Flanagan bashobookdeep Change image and share on social
Companies that are terrifying to a writer are companies like Amazon. Richard Flanagan amazoncompanyterrify Change image and share on social
In the late 19th century, the theory that the Aborigines were an inferior race that was doomed to die out became accepted as fact. Richard Flanagan 19thaborigineaccept Change image and share on social
