MUP's new series Little Books on Big Themes pairs leading Australian thinkers and cultural figures with some of the big themes in life: rage, experience, longing and ecstasy. Each author's 10,000-word take on a chosen theme is presented as an eminently collectible hardback. In this beautifully written, eloquent piece by one of Australia's most celebrated novelists, David Malouf asks what is experience and how do we come by it? He explores the connections between writing and the imagination and offers wonderful insights into his own experiences of the writer's life.