Richard Flanagan
RICHARD FLANAGAN was born in Longford, Tasmania in 1961. His novels, Death Of A River Guide, The Sound Of One Hand Clapping, Gould's Book Of Fish, The Unknown Terrorist, and Wanting have received numerous honours and are published in twenty six countries. He directed a feature film version of The Sound Of One Hand Clapping. A collection of his essays is published as And What Do You Do, Mr Gable?.
News and Blog
Of late, great novels have acquired the added allure of the derided and the denied. Though not yet forbidden, children are taught that there are no such things as novels but only texts, or, in a fashionable variant, data; our multi-streaming media constantly repeats that if there are novels they are from the past, dying or dead, exotic strange things like a Himalayan snow leopard or Barbary lion,...
I thought it would be a breeze to write about ten of my favourite Australian books for Australia Day, but each time I have thought about bringing my fingers to the keyboard, I change the books I want to include. One solution is to restrict myself to fiction only. Of course this means I won’t be able to mention Recollections of a Bleeding Heart by Don Watson (but this would be perfect to get...
Videos
- How Are The Lives Of Charles Dickens And Mathinna Connected? - Richard Flanagan Talks About His New
- What Would You Consider To Be The Themes Of Wanting?: Richard Flanagan
- Who Are The Main Characters In Wanting? - Richard Flanagan
- Wanting by Richard Flanagan Book Trailer
- What Led You To Write Wanting? - Richard Flanagan Talks About His New Book Wanting
Books by Richard Flanagan
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Death Of A River Guide
by Richard FlanaganNow available as a new Vintage edition, Richard Flanagan’s debut novel is widely regarded as a classic in Australian literature
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Gould's Book Of Fish
by Richard FlanaganRichard Flangan’s masterpiece, winner of the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize
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The Sound Of One Hand Clapping
by Richard FlanaganRichard Flanagan’s classic novel of migration and love.
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The Unknown Terrorist
by Richard FlanaganFlanagan’s bestselling, devastating parable is now available as a Vintage paperback
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Wanting
by Richard FlanaganNew Yorker Notable Book of the Year; Library Journal Notable Book of the Year; London Observer Book of the Year; Washington Post Book of the Year Winner of the Queensland Premier's Award Winner of the WA Premier's Award Winner of the Tasmanian Book Prize
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And What Do You Do, Mr Gable?
by Richard FlanaganThe collected short pieces of nonfiction from one of Australia’s best novelists.
Cheryl Dow-Sainter0 stars
19 January 2012 at 10:19am
ReportMr Flanagan, I've just found your next book and movie. The private diary and voyage to Adelaide of James Bell. What a ripping yarn it would be if you wrote it and then what a great Australian movie it would be. http://www.slsafoundation.org.au/purchase-of-a-private-journal-of-a-voyage-to-australia-1838-39-by-james-bell/