The Burning Library

Read this book to discover literary gems you've never heard of or to learn more about the authors you love Australia's most respected and influential literary critic writes about our most important novelists and their disappearing legacy A call to arms for anyone with a love of Australian literature from an ardent fan The book will be published into a current national debate about our Australian literary heritage Like Harold Bloom's incredible bestselling The Western Canon, this is a perfect introduction to Australian literature A collection of essay on key Australian novelists including Jessica Anderson, Martin Boyd, Eleanor Dark, George Johnson, Patrick White, David Ireland and Olga Masters A wonderful companion book to the release of the Text Classics Author will be a guest of numerous writers festivals in 2013 Author won the 2011 Pascall Prize for criticism Author lives in the Blue Mountains, NSW Author maintains a blog at burninglibraryproject.tumblr.com/