Luke Slattery is a journalist, critic and author of four works of non-fiction, one of fiction. He is struggling to finish a novel about the Italian Renaissance philosopher Pico Della Mirandola.
Yann Martel’s ambitious novel is composed largely of verse fragments from a fictional lost-and-found alternative to the Iliad of Homer – but you might be better off reading the real thing.
Tasmanian furniture-maker Laura McCusker’s “grand design” for life changed after her divorce. But she’s still going against the grain.
Traversing two of Europe’s spectacular mountain ranges between Austria and Italy is made easier on an e-bike.