Quarterly Essay is a 31-book series with 31 released primary works first released in 2002 with contributions by Amanda Lohrey, Flannery Tim, Germaine Greer, Inga Clendinnen, Robyn Davidson, Ian Lowe, Tim Flannery, Guy Pearse, Waleed Aly, Anna Krien, Laura Tingle, Linda Jaivin, Noel Pearson, David Kilcullen, David Marr, George Megalogenis, Stan Grant, Hugh White, Mark McKenna, Richard Denniss, Erik Jensen, Annabel Crabb, Peter Hartcher, Margaret Simons, Katharine Murphy, Saul Griffith, Alan Kohler, Joëlle Gergis, and Don Watson.