A queer thriller, new novels from some of Australia's biggest authors and luminous short stories are all on offer this month ...

When Charmian Clift arrived on the Greek island of Kalymnos 70 years ago, a very old pattern of life was giving way. Modernity clashed with tradition: the natural sea sponges which sustained ...

Gina Chick at Charmian Clift Reserve. Credit: SBS But learning about family can be just as confronting as it can be moving.

Searching for Charmian by Charmian Clift’s daughter, Suzanne Chick I was pleased to receive a copy of Ian Swart ’s memoir, titled Life’s Journey on a Magic Carpet.

Germaine Greer and Robyn Davidson are back in the light, following writers like Miles Franklin, Elizabeth Harrower and Charmian Clift, who all eventually returned to Australia after years in other ...

His Instagram page shows a babe on his arm and a billing address in Athens, Greece – not far from the frolicking spirits of George Johnston and Charmian Clift – and it’s here, presumably ...

Suzanne is the author of Searching for Charmian, which is about her mum, writer Charmian Clift. You will find more details online.

Chick, who is the granddaughter of esteemed writer and journalist Charmian Clift, and who has 143,000 Instagram followers, remains highly wary of the social media influencer culture.

When Andrew “Twiggy” Forrest stepped out at the Time 100 Most Influential People Gala, it wasn’t his clean-energy credentials that drew attention.

Suzanne Chick Summit Books, $36.99 If the writer Charmian Clift’s life had the lineaments of a Greek tragedy, the daughter she gave up for adoption was blessed with a happier fate.