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Port Arthur

The Media and the Massacre, Port Arthur 1996-2016 by Sonya Voumard

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April 2016, no. 380
Carol Middleton reviews 'The Media and the Massacre, Port Arthur 1996-2016' by Sonya Voumard

In 2009 Sonya Voumard read about a legal claim brought by Martin Bryant's mother, Carleen, against journalists Robert Wainwright and Paola Totaro, accusing them of using her personal manuscript, letters, and family photos without her permission in their book Born or Bred? Martin Bryant: The Making of a Mass Murderer. Struck by the complex ethics of the case ...

Born or Bred?: Martin Bryant: The making of a mass murderer by Robert Wainwright and Paola Totaro

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July-August 2009, no. 313
Ben Eltham reviews 'Born or Bred? Martin Bryant: The making of a mass murderer' by Robert Wainwright and Paola Totaro

Robert Wainwright and Paola Totaro’s Born or Bred? Martin Bryant: The Making of a Mass Murderer is a tendentious and poorly written book about a fascinating topic. Riddled with clichés and full of baseless speculation, it displays neither great sensitivity nor penetrating insight. Despite the important subject matter, Wainwright and Totaro have written a shallow and dubious book.

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