JANE MCCREDIE and NATASHA MITCHELL (eds) The Best Australian Science Writing 2013. Reviewed by Jean Bedford
In its pursuit of cool ideas, this diverse anthology – from essays to poetry to memoir – gives a fresh …
Category Archives: Non-Fiction
GERMAINE GREER White Beech. Reviewed by Tracy Sorensen
This passionate account of one woman’s engagement with the natural world is also a plea for conservation and rehabilitation. Under suburban …
THOMAS KENEALLY and ROSIE SCOTT (eds) A Country Too Far: Writings on Asylum Seekers. Reviewed by Kathy Gollan
This anthology of essays, fiction, memoir and poetry contains some powerful and impassioned writing from some of Australia’s best-known writers. …
ROBYN OYENIYI Love versus Goliath: Two People Against the Weight of Bureaucracy. Reviewed by Michael Jongen
This true story outlines one woman’s battle against Australian bureaucracy to be reunited with her husband. In this book Robyn …
BILL GARNER Born in a Tent: How Camping Makes Us Australian. Reviewed by Tracy Sorensen
History seen through a tent flap: this view of post-settlement Australia is ‘alive and itchy’. The act of camping strips …
MATT MURPHY Weight of Evidence. Reviewed by Linda Funnell
Forgery, drunkenness, prejudice, injustice – the notorious Newtown Ejectment Case of the 1850s provides a fascinating slice of colonial life. …
ROSS FITZGERALD and KEN SPILLMAN (eds) Australia’s Game: Stories, Essays, Verse & Drama Inspired by the Australian Game of Football. Reviewed by Nicole Hayes
Footy – for spectators and participants – has the power to connect and the power to crush. There’s much to love in this …
ROBERT MACKLIN Dark Paradise: Norfolk Island – Isolation, Savagery, Mystery and Murder. Reviewed by Peter Corris
From convicts to mutineers to modern scandals, Robert Macklin taps the history of Norfolk Island. Robert Macklin has successfully woven …
DENNIS ALTMAN The End of the Homosexual? Reviewed by Walter Mason
In an age dominated by the idea of gay marriage, one of the founding fathers of homosexual liberation asks where …
E F Benson, his life and times. An appreciation by Walter Mason
This literary figure from a forgotten age retains a cult following for his charmingly sharp-eyed novels, which may even have …
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