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The Australian writer explores the Nineteen Eighty-Four author’s treatment of women in an empathetic biography of his first wife, Eileen O’Shaughnessy

This feminist reimagining of the fierce and witty Eileen O’Shaughnessy strips her of agency all over again

Editorial: A new book on George Orwell’s first wife examines how Eileen O’Shaughnessy’s life was erased

The defence minister, Richard Marles, has said a thorough investigation will be launched after a helicopter crashed on a training mission in Queensland

Anna Funder explains how the search for Eileen O’Shaughnessy, a compelling figure strangely absent from Orwell’s writing, illuminated her own life

Blending forensic research, fiction, life writing and criticism, Funder upends the legacy of literary triumph to reveal the woman behind it

Each month, Guardian Australia editors and critics pick the upcoming titles they have already devoured – or can’t wait to get their hands on

In the summer of 2017, Anna Funder found herself “at a moment of peak overload”. Juggling the competing demands of getting her children ready for the new school year, grocery shopping, home maintenance and caring for members of her extended family, Funder felt she had been spiritually drained by the…