/jmcoetzeecentre/ en /jmcoetzeecentre/news/list/2017/07/06/new-collection-of-jm-coetzees-essays-out-now A wonderful new collection of J.M. Coetzee's literary essays is now available from good bookshops. Peter Craven called it a book that "casts all sort of gleaming spotlights, amid the shadows, from one of the major novelistic intelligences of our time", while Lauren Elkin described it as, not just literary criticism, but "an engaging series of master classes in novel writing" (The Guardian). July 06 2017 admin /jmcoetzeecentre/news/list/2017/07/06/new-collection-of-jm-coetzees-essays-out-now /jmcoetzeecentre/news/list/2015/11/08/anna-goldsworthys-essay-on-the-lost-art-of-listening Dr Anna Goldsworthy discusses the conundrum of classical music in the twenty-first century in her latest essay, "The Lost Art of Listening." November 08 2015 admin /jmcoetzeecentre/news/list/2015/11/08/anna-goldsworthys-essay-on-the-lost-art-of-listening /jmcoetzeecentre/news/list/2015/10/21/shannon-burns-profiles-australian-writer-gerald-murnane Dr Shannon Burns profiles enigmatic, brilliant and under-recognized Australian writer Gerald Murnane for the Australian Book Review. October 21 2015 admin /jmcoetzeecentre/news/list/2015/10/21/shannon-burns-profiles-australian-writer-gerald-murnane