Non Fiction
Life As We Knew It: The extraordinary story of Australia’s pandemic by Aisha Dow and Melissa Cunningham
Bennelong & Phillip: A history unravelled by Kate Fullagar
Justice and Hope: Essays, lectures and other writings by Raimond Gaita
The Nature of Honour: Son, duty-bound soldier, military lawyer, truth-teller, father by David McBride
Peter Mares reviews 'Unravelling Identity: Immigrants, identity and citizenship in Australia' by Trevor Batrouney and John Goldlust, and 'Borderwork in multicultural Australia' by Bob Hodge and John O'Carroll
I witnessed Australia’s inglorious exit from the World Cup in a packed Balmain Rugby Leagues club. Many in the crowd were sporting green and gold, and when it came time for the pre-match national anthem, the crowd rose almost as one to join in a well-oiled and full-throated rendition of Advance Australia Fair. I was glad that my ...
Saving Lieutenant Kennedy: The heroic story of the Australian who helped rescue JFK by Brett Mason
Black Lives, White Law: Locked up and locked out in Australia by Russell Marks
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.
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