David Malouf gave Australia sentences with music and landscapes with depth. In honouring him in parliament, I reflected on how he made Brisbane more luminous, Australian literature more spacious, and readers more attentive to memory, history and one another. Link in bio #auspolreaders

Books make life better. And now, ABC Radio National is asking Australians to choose our Top 100 Books. Voting closes 1 October.

Here are my favourites. What are yours? https://www.abc.net.au/listen/radionational/countdown/top100books #auspolreaders

Dropping by Parliament House? The Parliament Shop has signed copies of The Shortest History of Innovation. Warning: may spark conversations longer than the title suggests. #auspolreaders #auspol

As part of ANU Community Day on Sat 15 Aug, I’lol be in conversation with John Keane about his new book, “Demagogues and Despots”. Join us: https://www.anu.edu.au/events/meet-the-author-john-keane #auspolreaders

From bold utopias to darker visions, speculative fiction stretches our sense of what lies ahead. My review of five future-gazing novels in the Nine papers: https://www.smh.com.au/culture/books/five-books-that-offer-a-disquieting-window-into-our-possible-futures-20260315-p5oani.html #auspolreaders

New on “The Good Life: Andrew Leigh in Conversation”: novelist Jessy Wu on Young Love and Good Intentions.
Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/the-good-life-andrew-leigh-in-conversation/id1147502226
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1F4RWwmswbCUJw8PV3o8k6 #auspolreaders