
BOOKS & DAYDREAMS
Read. Dream. Repeat.
Book reviews, but not how you know it ...
Divided Isles: Solomon Islands and the China Switch - by Edward Acton Cavanough
As a university student, I was fascinated by the politics of the South Pacific – thanks largely to the influence of the legendary...
The Grade Cricketer, by Edwards, Perry & Higgins
We all know the cliches. Cricket is ‘the sound of summer’. If something is unfair, or if someone is bending the rules to their own...
QAnon and On, by Van Badham
As I sit down to write this daydream, the US House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol...
Blessed: The Breakout year of Rampaging Roy Slaven. By John Doyle.
‘Rampaging’ Roy Slaven is a household name. He is a tennis champion, the highly successful coach of the Lithgow Shamrocks rugby league...
Lismore's Long Road Back
Lismore is used to floods. It’s built in a natural basin at the confluence of two rivers, in a region where sub-tropical storms are...
The Game, by Sean Kelly
When Scott Morrison suddenly became the unelected Prime Minister of Australia in August 2018, many Australians didn’t even know who he...
Lorenz Wagner's The Boy Who Felt Too Much
For Neuroscientist Henry Markram, understanding autism became both a professional goal and a personal quest. Inspired by his son Kai,...
From a Commodore to an SUV: We can all be role models for an upgraded version of the Aussie bloke
“We had Christmas morning, and it was really good. She wanted to go over and see her uncle and auntie. So we drove over there, and when...
Saroo Brierley's Long Way Home
Trapped. Alone. Frightened. Vulnerable. Helpless. It’s hard to fathom the terror felt by a five-year old child who stuck on an empty...
Mary J Trump's Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World's Most Dangerous Man
Is America about to break up with Donald J Trump? In a few days the world will witness one of the most intriguing and important political...
Jon Ronson's Them: Adventures With Extremists
In Northern NSW, there’s some graffiti written on a wall just outside the Lismore Base Hospital. The graffiti, written as a series of dot...
Samantha Maiden's Party Animals: Secret history of a Labor Fiasco
It was Federal election night, 2019. I’d spent the day handing out ‘How to Vote’ cards for the Labor Candidate for Page, Patrick Deegan,...
Dave Graney's Workshy: My Life as a Bludge
He was, for time, Australia’s “king of pop” when he took Best Male Artist at the 1996 ARIA Awards beating John Farnham, Paul Kelly,...
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