The latest news and reviews of Australian author Elizabeth Harrower.
May 2024
Elizabeth Harrower and Shirley Hazzard only met six times. They wrote to each other for 40 years
The two literary greats wrote 400,000 words to each other in letters that now reveal rare insights into their friendship - sometimes affectionate, intimate, cool and resentful
January 2017
The best Australian beach reads: 10 sharply written page-turners
Summer holiday books don’t need to be light and frothy but you must want to read them non-stop
March 2016
Sydney writers' festival 2016 lineup: Gloria Steinem, Jonathan Franzen, Kate Tempest
Stella prize 2016 announces shortlist of six books by Australian women
November 2015
The Best Australian Stories 2015 review – short sharp hits of homegrown fiction
From high-rise Tokyo hotels to a train from Perth to Fremantle, the settings of these short stories show how far we have travelled from the archetypal bush yarn
October 2015
The City at Night – read a short story by Elizabeth Harrower
Best known for her five novels, the Australian author has also written a small body of short stories which have been collected for the first time. This Sydney snapshot is one of them
March 2015
Miles Franklin award longlist 2015: eight out of 10 nominees are women
Elizabeth Harrower on the longlist for Australia’s foremost literary prize as well as three debut novelists including poet and rapper Omar Musa
July 2014
Australia culture blog
Elizabeth Harrower: Australia's buried literary treasure is unearthed
After four masterful novels, the career of the writer described as Australia’s F Scott Fitzgerald mysteriously ended – only to be revived 40 years later, writes Gay Alcorn
April 2014
Australia culture blog
In Certain Circles by Elizabeth Harrower - book review
Originally withheld from publication by the author, this is a subtle yet wounding dissection of friendship and class in Australia
January 2014
The book tuner
Elizabeth Harrower and Portishead – a perfect literary and music match?
In a new series of the Book Tuner, Nikki Lusk chooses apt soundtracks for classic Australian novels. Here she pairs Elizabeth Harrower’s 1966 novel with Portishead’s debut album
June 2013
Classics corner
The Watch Tower by Elizabeth Harrower – review
Elizabeth Harrower’s tale of a cruel and oppressive marriage is a forgotten gem of Australian literature, writes Anita Sethi
