Peter Craven


Guy Rundle: The play’s the thing missing from the PEN anthology

The great, the good and my good friend Peter Craven have already weighed in on the issue of “progressive inclusion” of indigenous writing in the new Macquarie Australian lit anthology. But the omission of drama is the real scandal.

Black Canons: Peter Craven writes back

Meanjin editor Sophie Cunningham took Peter Craven to task for his review of the latest Macquarie PEN Anthology of Australian Literature. Here Peter Craven replies.

If Sci-fi is a genre, then so is Literature

While the debate rages over Peter Craven’s criticism of Aboriginal writing in the Macquarie PEN Anthology of Australian Literature WH Chong considers a wider question.

A hornet’s nest in the garden at Lit Land

Simon Hughes defends Peter Craven’s controversial critique of The Macquarie Pen Anthology of Australian Literature.

The black and white of the Australian literary canon

Peter Craven’s highly theatrical review of the Macquarie PEN Anthology of Australian Literature in the September issue of Australian Book Review is worth picking a fight over, says Sophie Cunningham.

ALR’s Craven suffers a bad case of literary road rage

Next week, one of those literary willy willies will doubtless rise from the pages of Wednesday’s September issue of the Australian Literary Review, writes Tony Taylor.