Tim Flannery
Big Meg: The story of the largest and most mysterious predator that ever lived by Tim Flannery and Emma Flannery
Publishing non-fiction books for young adults and children demands creativity, invention and a dash of bloody-mindedness. Our relatively small population means that non-fiction books must make their way in an ever-tightening market. Big-budget ‘wow factor’ titles like the design-heavy Pick Me Up (Dorling Kindersley) and the best-selling The Dangerous Book for Boys (Conn and Hal Iggulden) are largely beyond the scope of the domestic market. Both have been international hits. Without the audience base to launch such books, Australian writers and publishers must work to a tight brief, navigating between the relatively small market and the diminishing school library budget. To succeed, these books need to work outside the school context as well as within.
... (read more)A Gap in Nature: Discovering the world’s extinct animals by Tim Flannery and Peter Schouten
The Climate Cure: Solving the climate emergency in the era of Covid-19 by Tim Flannery
ABR asked a few colleagues and contributors to nominate some books that have beguiled them – might even speak to others – at this unusual time.
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Many climate activists and scientists are becoming desperate. They have devoted decades to warning the world of the danger of climate change and to forging solutions. But nothing has worked. No climate report or warning, no political agreement, no technological innovation has ...
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Down to Earth: Politics in the new climate regime by Bruno Latour
