Alex Miller

This collection of short stories, memoir, journal entries, essays and poems spans decades of Alex Miller's life. Opening with a moving depiction of Miller's father leaving for war, it closes with a 2023 poem reflecting on solitude and creative labour. Each piece responds to significant life events, engaging with works by prominent Australian artists and authors -including Janine Burke, Jacob Rosenberg, Sidney Nolan and Emily Kame Kngwarreye - who enriched Australia's cultural landscape. Journey to the End of Time forms a companion to The Simplest Words and A Kind of Confession - three volumes constructing an intimate narrative of Miller's life writing works of quiet power and beauty. His wisdom and experience shine in this rewarding anthology.

A powerful and perceptive novel from two-time Miles Franklin Award winner Alex Miller.''Miller has created a body of writing that is now acknowledged as one of the great Australian literary achievements of the past half-century.'' - Morag Fraser It''s 1975, and at the threshold of his writing career Andy McPherson is navigating how to be fully present both for his partner, Jo, and their young daughter. When forced to take a part-time teaching job Andy meets Lang Tzu, a charismatic and intriguing man. Andy is drawn deeper into a dangerous relationship when Lang asks him to prove his friendship by brokering a risky deal for a much-desired piece of art. Andy finally consents despite Jo''s opposition. In the process, Andy is in fact negotiating his own deal with himself as an artist and is compelled to face up to the conflict between his conception of art as a creative gift and the realities of the art market. Powerful and perceptive, Miller''s profound and intimate depiction of Jo and her partnership with Andy, and his poignant portrait of Lang''s troubled genius, form the beating heart of this beautiful novel.