Quarterly Essay
Quarterly Essay is an Australian periodical published by Black Inc. Printed in a book-like page size and using a single-column format, each issue features a single extended essay of at least 20,000 words, with an introduction by the editor, and correspondence relating to essays in previous issues. It was founded in 2001.
| Managing Editor | Chris Feik |
|---|---|
| Categories | news magazine |
| Frequency | Quarterly |
| Publisher | Schwartz Publishing |
| First issue | 2001 |
| Company | Black Inc. |
| Country | Australia |
| Language | Australian English |
| Website | www |
| ISSN | 1832-0953 |
Concentrating primarily on Australian politics in a broad sense, the magazine's issues have covered topics including profiles of Mark Latham, to the U.S. military's failure to grasp the importance of tribal affiliation in Iraq, and the "cult" of the CEO.
In early 2004 founding editor Peter Craven was sacked by the magazine's owner, property developer Morry Schwartz, over a dispute about the joint authorship of one essay, and, more widely, the magazine's future direction. Schwartz stated that while he had a vision of the magazine as more "political and Australian" whereas Craven was perhaps "more broad and internationalist".