What is to be done? Political engagement and saving the planet. Barry Jones $35.00
I can’t remember having reviewed a political book before but have made this an exception because I feel nostalgic for Barry Jones, the first Minister for Science in the Hawke government. I was also interested in how he would update his groundbreaking work of the 1980s, Sleepers Wake. That book had an enormous influence in debates here and … Read more »
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Reviewed by Heather O’Connor Jack Marilynne Robinson Virago Press $29.99
Recommended by Barack Obama as one of his top books for 2020. The rest of her fans have been eagerly awaiting this fourth in her Gilead series: Gilead, Home and Lila, each of which can be read as a stand-alone novel, but each is also an important part of the, not strictly sequential, series. Set in the late 1940s, the books centre on the Boughton … Read more »
Leave the World Behind Rumaan Alam Ecco Press, $25.99
This is the third novel by this author, of whom I had never heard. It has received terrific reviews, so I have chosen it to kick off 2021.
My first comment is that if you are one of many of us who are still feeling fragile after the challenges of 2020, you might want to give this a miss for a few more … Read more »
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This very interesting book is narrated by a 13,000-year-old extinct mammoth, told to his fellow extinct creatures as they await their sale to customers in New York in 2007. As Thomas Kenneally wrote, ‘Mammoth (encapsulates) the macro-history of all life in the tale of one species.’ It’s a strong critique of the role humans have played in destroying the natural world, … Read more »
Not Just Black and White Lesley Williams and Tammy Williams UQP, $32.95
One of the easiest and best ways to learn about Indigenous culture and history is to work your way through the winners of the David Unaipon Award. It was established to celebrate both Indigenous writers of both fiction and non-fiction, in collaboration with Queensland University Press. This … Read more »
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Jung Chang Big Sister, Little Sister, Red Sister: Three women at the heart of twentieth-century China Penguin, $35.00
This fascinating book tells the story of the Soong sisters, each of whom helped to shape 20th century China, and each of whom deserves a biography of her own. Their story has always reminded me of the Mitford sisters in England in terms … Read more »
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What is to be done? Political engagement and saving the planet
/in Books, Non-Fiction /by Debbie WorganWhat is to be done? Political engagement and saving the planet.
Barry Jones
$35.00
I can’t remember having reviewed a political book before but have made this an exception because I feel nostalgic for Barry Jones, the first Minister for Science in the Hawke government. I was also interested in how he would update his groundbreaking work of the 1980s, Sleepers Wake. That book had an enormous influence in debates here and … Read more »
Jack
/in Fiction /by BhagyaJack
Marilynne Robinson
Virago Press $29.99
Recommended by Barack Obama as one of his top books for 2020. The rest of her fans have been eagerly awaiting this fourth in her Gilead series: Gilead, Home and Lila, each of which can be read as a stand-alone novel, but each is also an important part of the, not strictly sequential, series. Set in the late 1940s, the books centre on the Boughton … Read more »
Leave the World Behind
/in Books, Fiction /by Debbie WorganReviewed by Heather O’Connor
Leave the World Behind
Rumaan Alam
Ecco Press, $25.99
This is the third novel by this author, of whom I had never heard. It has received terrific reviews, so I have chosen it to kick off 2021.
My first comment is that if you are one of many of us who are still feeling fragile after the challenges of 2020, you might want to give this a miss for a few more … Read more »
Mammoth
/in Books, Fiction /by Darryl ButlerReviewed by Heather O’Connor
Mammoth
Chris Flynn
UQP, $29.99
This very interesting book is narrated by a 13,000-year-old extinct mammoth, told to his fellow extinct creatures as they await their sale to customers in New York in 2007. As Thomas Kenneally wrote, ‘Mammoth (encapsulates) the macro-history of all life in the tale of one species.’ It’s a strong critique of the role humans have played in destroying the natural world, … Read more »
Not Just Black and White
/in Biography, Books /by Darryl ButlerReviewed by Heather O’Connor
Not Just Black and White
Lesley Williams and Tammy Williams
UQP, $32.95
Big Sister, Little Sister, Red Sister: Three women at the heart of twentieth-century China
/in Books, Non-Fiction /by Darryl ButlerReviewed by Heather O’Connor
Jung Chang
Big Sister, Little Sister, Red Sister: Three women at the heart of twentieth-century China
Penguin, $35.00