New Power: How power works in our hyperconnected world – and how to make it work for you.

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Jeremy Heimans and Henry Timms,
New Power: How power works in our hyperconnected world – and how to make it work for you.
$32.99

For someone totally uninterested in technology like me, this was a difficult book, but one that I acknowledge is important as I try to understand the changing world. There was a wealth of information about the new media, emerging industries, new ways of organising for social change; I learnt of organisations of which I have never … Read more »

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Why I’m no longer talking to white people about race

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Reni Eddo-Lodge
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Why I’m no longer talking to white people about race
$28.00

The genesis for this book lies in a blog written by the author, who is a journalist. She wrote of her frustration about the manner in which race and racism is being discussed in the UK. Her ideas went viral, and resulted in her decision to write this book.

This book is not for the faint-hearted white reader who refuses to acknowledge the structural nature … Read more »

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Incest: Shhh, Keep it in the family

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Yasmine Bonner
Incest: Shhh, Keep it in the family

Reviewed by Sarah Gardiner


IncestStories of family dysfunction are, for some, new information. For others, reading Yasmine’s story will give the feeling of not being alone. Even the cover of this book contributes to its meaning: the face of a young girl with the title printed over her mouth. Silenced. The young girl is in fact Yasmine, herself, at eighteen years of age when she started writing … Read more »

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Politics, Death and Addiction

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Carolyn Hirsh,  Politics, Death and Addiction, Brolga Publishing. (February 2016)

Carolyn Hirsh is a Melbourne-based writer whose memoir, Politics, Death and Addiction, was short-listed for the Finch Memorial Prize, 2013. This is a story of love, tragedy, family, professional life, addiction and recovery.

At the heart of Carolyn’s life has been her commitment to social justice while at the same time, she constantly juggled responsibilities associated with being a sole parent, after she was widowed as a young wife and mother. A product of her time (and her gender), she worked and studied to improve her qualifications and her ability … Read more »

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