Tag: Literature
Scripture is more outrageous than fiction. It must be true
Have you ever read the Acts of the Apostles? I mean, just read it like a story, all in one sitting? It is the most astonishing story. It was also probably the first successful sequel since Homer’s Odyssey. And the plot is so wild it really must be true, writes Philippa Martyr.
Remembering Christopher Koch, our greatest Catholic novelist
Australia tends to forget its cultural and literary figures, and our greatest Catholic novelist Christopher Koch is no different. The tenth anniversary of his death was passed over in silence last September—but Koch remains one of our great storytellers and subtle chroniclers of Western Christianity’s predicament, writes Lucas Smith.
Writer on a mission to re-fire Catholic imagination
The fourth biennial Catholic Imagination Conference, bringing together Catholic poets, novelists and artists for two days of readings, panels, workshops and fellowship, was held...
Must-read books for your bucket list
Great literature not only entertains its readers; it challenges them. Michael E. Daniel recommends Catholic novels to enlighten and provoke
Cool Reads for a Hot Summer
What better way to spend those hot summer days than buried in a good book, imagination working overtime, learning things without even trying. Lucky...
Fiction, Fatherhood and Family
For your chance to WIN 1 of 10 copies of Atticus Van Tasticus by Andrew Daddo send your name, email and postal address to...
A Room with a View at the Genesian
Fans of E M Forster’s early 20th century novel, A Room With a View, and the 1980’s film adaptation, will be delighted by the...