Jon Fosse’s Slow Prose, 2023 Nobel Prize for Literature

The 2023 Nobel Prize for Literature is announced. Relive world literature’s night of nights with this edited live reaction to the announcement. It covers all the predictions, the actual announcement, and an emotional introduction to why you might want to read the works of this year’s winner. Whether you do not know who won, orContinueContinue reading “Jon Fosse’s Slow Prose, 2023 Nobel Prize for Literature”

New Article: Reflections on Patrick White’s Nobel Prize and Australian cultural history

https://johnmenadue.com/australias-aborted-cultural-decolonisation/ My thoughts on Australian cultural history on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of Patrick White’s #NobelPrize were published by the team @johnmenadue for publishing. Thanks again to Aran, John and the team. You can also listen to my podcast on Patrick White to explore this topic further. The main episode was Why readContinueContinue reading “New Article: Reflections on Patrick White’s Nobel Prize and Australian cultural history”

Why read Olga Tokarczuk, Winner of 2018 Nobel Prize for Literature? Podcast Ep. 120

Why read Olga Tokarczuk, Winner of 2018 Nobel Prize for Literature? Find out in this fourth episode of my series on the Nobel Prize for Literature. It discusses the life of the 2018 Nobel Prize for Literature Laureate, the novelist Olga Tokarczuk. I give you 10 reasons to read one of the most celebrated NobelContinueContinue reading “Why read Olga Tokarczuk, Winner of 2018 Nobel Prize for Literature? Podcast Ep. 120”

Podcast #119 Why read Patrick White, (1973 Nobel Prize), exile at home?

It turns out, despite his stern reputation, Patrick White can laugh, smile and even pat a purring cat. He was even once a spy, or should I say an intelligence operative. And the skills he learnt in that role during World War Two allowed him to field the questions of many inept journalists with consummateContinueContinue reading “Podcast #119 Why read Patrick White, (1973 Nobel Prize), exile at home?”

Podcast on 1923 Nobel Prize for Literature, W.B. Yeats.

On the podcast this week I did the second of my series on the Nobel Prize, and featured the winner of the 1923 Nobel Prize for Literature, William Butler (W.B.) Yeats.