Isabella Gullifer-Laurie 






Isabella is a writer and graduate researcher based in Melbourne. She is an MA candidate in English at the University of Melbourne, where she is researching the work of Renata Adler, Joan Didion, and Elizabeth Hardwick.  She has written on literature, art, and film for publications including Sydney Review of Books, Chicago Review, Meanjin, The Saturday Paper, and others. Recently, she participated in the 2024 Melbourne International Film Festival Critics Campus.




Writing


‘Her Own Witness’ --- a review of Self-Portrait and Letters to Gwen John by Celia Paul / Sydney Review of Books
‘The Voyage Out’
--- a review of Strangers at the Port by Lauren Aimee Curtis / Meanjin
Review of Deborah Levy’s The Position of Spoons  / The Saturday Paper
Review essay on Jessica Au’s Cold Enough for Snow  / Chicago Review
Review of  Roberta Torre’s In the Mirror  / Roughcut
Review of Olga Tokarczuk’s The Empusium / The Saturday Paper
Interview with Audrey Lam on Us and the Night / MIFF + Kill Your Darlings
Feature on Niki de Saint Phalle’s Un rêve plus long que la nuit / MIFF
‘Into the hedges that line the walk’ --- a review of A Horse at Night by Amina Cain / Meanjin  
Review of  Anna Kate Blair’s The Modern / The Saturday Paper
‘The long and the short of it’ --- a review of Wall by Jen Craig / Overland
‘Contiguity’ --- a review of Theory of Colours by Bella Li / Meanjin


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