Australia's Biggest Book Club
Each month we feature a webinar with a new author and their book, with a focus on non-fiction. Members receive special offers on the latest books, as well as the chance to engage directly with renowned and prize-winning authors. An accompanying podcast coming soon.
November 2025
Aiming Higher with George Williams
Decades of policy decisions have made access to higher education harder for those who need it most. Public trust and community confidence in universities in Australia and overseas are at all-time lows. Political sentiment has shifted. Our centres of higher learning have leapfrogged big business to become easy political targets. And it’s no surprise; the
On belief in politics with Sean Kelly
In Quarterly Essay 100, Sean Kelly considers the strange transitional moment we are in. We seem sick of neoliberalism but afraid of what might replace it. We are obsessed with work but resentful of it; desperate for community but stuck inside our phones; protective of our way of life while wanting to change everything. Amid
December 2025
The Right Hand with Phoebe Saintilan-Stocks
Conversations with the chiefs of staff to world leaders ranging from Jacinda Ardern, Kamala Harris and John Howard to Nelson Mandela, Tony Blair and Julia Gillard. We all know the names: Jacinda Ardern, Kamala Harris, Tony Blair, Justin Trudeau, John Howard, Sanna Marin, Nelson Mandela and Julia Gillard. But what about the people standing just