Providing a selected overview of Australia's greatest literature, Australian Classics is an accessible companion to the literature of Australia from the nineteenth century to the present. Australian Classics celebrates many of the country's beloved novels, poems, short stories, children's books and seminal works of non-fiction. It also contains contributions on their favourite Australian books from many distinguished writers and readers, including Helen Garner, Les Murray and Tim Winton. Australian Classics is an impassioned and inspiring feast of great writing and a testament to the wide-ranging and remarkable literature of the Australian continent.