Madeleine Watts

Madeleine Watts’s debut novel The Inland Sea, was published by Catapult in 2021 and shortlisted for the Miles Franklin Literary Award. Her essays and short stories have appeared most recently in Harper’s, HEAT, The Guardian, and The Believer. Born and raised in Sydney, she has lived in New York since 2013.

Criticism Online

Something Produced Elsewhere

By Madeleine Watts

Brigitta Olubas’s expansive biography delves into Shirley Hazzard’s literary lifestyle in New York and Italy, as well as her paradoxical relationship to her native Australia.

Close-up of a train’s windows as it is just beginning to leave the station. The station’s modern glass walls are reflected in the blur.

Essay Online

Marseille to Berlin in Twelve Hours

By Madeleine Watts

On the train from Marseille to Berlin, expect to find exasperated teen boys, time to read and get lost in memories, and a long line for the bar car.