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[Review] What the Light Reveals
Melbourne
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2018
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2018
single work
review
— Review of What the Light Reveals 2018 single work novel'In a time when Russia looms large in the news and the President of the United States is compared to Joseph McCarthy and Richard Nixon, picking up Mick McCoy’s What the Light Reveals felt unexpectedly appropriate.' (Introduction)
Melbourne : Bad Producer Productions , 2018 -
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[Review] Deep Time Dreaming : Uncovering Ancient Australia
Melbourne
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Bad Producer Productions
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2018
14401950
2018
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single work
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— Review of Deep Time Dreaming : Uncovering Ancient Australia 2018 single work autobiography'What is the common heritage of mankind? And who are the gatekeepers of that knowledge? These are the questions Deep Time Dreaming forces us to consider. There are no easy answers, particularly as the early decades of archaeology in Australia are rife with questionable practices and methodologies that leave their mark on the discipline – and the physical sites – to this day.' (Introduction)
Melbourne : Bad Producer Productions , 2018 -
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[Review] Skin in the Game : The Pleasure and Pain of Telling True Stories
Melbourne
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Bad Producer Productions
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2018
14402065
2018
single work
interview
— Review of Skin in the Game : The Pleasure and Pain of Telling True Stories 2018 single work autobiography'Skin in the Game sets a high bar for itself. The blurb promises to explore the nature and ethics of journalism, reveal what the notoriously private Helen Garner thinks about the art of the interview, and mediate on the ‘pleasure and pain’ of stories by looking at those in Voumard’s own life.' (Introduction)
Melbourne : Bad Producer Productions , 2018 -
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[Review] The Shepherd’s Hut
Melbourne
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Bad Producer Productions
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2018
14402116
2018
single work
review
— Review of The Shepherd's Hut 2018 single work novel'This is a brutal and bloody novel. If Tim Winton’s Breath left you drowning and gasping for air, The Shepherd’s Hut will leave you tasting dust, dirt and blood.'(Introduction)
Melbourne : Bad Producer Productions , 2018 -
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[Review] Little Gods
Melbourne
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Bad Producer Productions
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2018
14402185
2018
single work
review
— Review of Little Gods 2018 single work novel'Jenny Ackland’s Little Gods explores questions of right and wrong, innocence and guilt, as well as justice, vengeance and atonement. It is a story of family, loyalty and loss.'(Introduction)
Melbourne : Bad Producer Productions , 2018 -
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[Review] Growing Up Aboriginal in Australia
Melbourne
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Bad Producer Productions
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2018
14402275
2018
review
— Review of Growing Up Aboriginal in Australia 2018 anthology life story autobiography'Growing Up Aboriginal in Australia, an anthology edited by Anita Heiss, is an extraordinary and moving work. It is also, in parts, a difficult and heart-breaking read.' (Introduction)
Melbourne : Bad Producer Productions , 2018 -
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[Review] The Death of Noah Glass
Melbourne
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Bad Producer Productions
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2018
14402350
2018
single work
review
— Review of The Death of Noah Glass 2018 single work novel'The Death of Noah Glass addresses grief, loneliness, and the secrets that are so common within families and between generations. Noah Glass, the eponymous protagonist, did not really know his parents or his deceased wife. This is his story. It is also the story of his children, Martin and Evie, who attempt to find meaning (and perhaps themselves) after his death.'(Introduction)
Melbourne : Bad Producer Productions , 2018 -
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[Review] Meanjin A-Z : Fine Fiction
Melbourne
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Bad Producer Productions
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2018
14402417
2018
single work
review
— Review of Meanjin A-Z : Fiction 1980 to Now 2018 anthology short story'Meanjin A-Z: Fine fiction 1980 to now is the first short fiction anthology from Meanjin, one of Australia’s oldest literary journals. The anthology is edited by Jonathan Green, the current editor of the journal.' (Introduction)
Melbourne : Bad Producer Productions , 2018 -
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[Review] Eggshell Skull
Melbourne
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Bad Producer Productions
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2018
14402471
2018
single work
review
— Review of Eggshell Skull 2018 single work autobiography'Bri Lee’s Eggshell Skull is an answer to anyone who ever asks why a woman (or less often, a man) doesn’t report sexual abuse or rape, or doesn’t pursue the matter through the legal system even if they do.' (Introduction)
Melbourne : Bad Producer Productions , 2018 -
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[Review] Remembering the Myall Creek Massacre
Melbourne
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Bad Producer Productions
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2018
14402510
2018
single work
review
— Review of Remembering the Myall Creek Massacre 2018 anthology criticism'Today, 10 June 2018, is the 180th anniversary of the Myall Creek massacre, where at least 28 Wirrayaraay women, children and elders were killed by settlers and stockmen without provocation in northern New South Wales.' (Introduction)
Melbourne : Bad Producer Productions , 2018 -
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[Review] Cicada
Melbourne
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Bad Producer Productions
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2018
14402566
2018
single work
review
— Review of Cicada 2018 single work picture book'Cicada is a work that packs a punch regardless of your age. Shaun Tan had my family – my 62 year old mother and 46 year old partner, as well as my 7 and 4 year old nieces – quiet, contemplative and on the edge of their seats.' (Introduction)
Melbourne : Bad Producer Productions , 2018 -
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[Review] Pink Mountain on Locust Island
Melbourne
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Bad Producer Productions
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2019
23464563
2019
single work
review
— Review of Pink Mountain on Locust Island 2018 single work novel'Pink Mountain on Locust Island is both a coming of age story and modern noir, and in it Jamie Marina Lau (劉劍冰) demonstrates a new approach to experimental fiction.' (Introduction)
Melbourne : Bad Producer Productions , 2019 -
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Review : A Season on Earth
Melbourne
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Bad Producer Productions
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2019
23464596
2019
single work
review
— Review of A Season on Earth 2019 single work novel'It’s not rare for an author to feel misgivings about the ways their early works make their way into print.' (Introduction)
Melbourne : Bad Producer Productions , 2019 -
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[Review] : No Friend But The Mountains
Melbourne
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Bad Producer Productions
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2019
23464654
2019
single work
review
— Review of No Friend but the Mountains : Writing From Manus Prison Omid Tofighian (translator), 2018 selected work prose'Under moonlight
An unknown route
A sky the colour of intense anxiety.
'No Friend But the Mountains opens with these lines of poetry, and immediately the reader knows this book, written from Manus Island, is no ordinary account of life in prison, no dry journalistic tome documenting Manus and offshore detention. The style is in keeping with a literary novel, melding fact and fiction and merging prose and poetry. What makes the book even more remarkable is that it was written by text message in Farsi on a mobile phone.' (Introduction)
Melbourne : Bad Producer Productions , 2019 -
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Review : Wolfe Island
Melbourne
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Bad Producer Productions
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2019
23464737
2019
single work
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— Review of Wolfe Island 2019 single work novel'Lucy Treloar’s debut novel, Salt Creek, was shortlisted for the Miles Franklin Literary Award and awarded a number of other prizes, including the Dobbie Award.' (Introduction)
Melbourne : Bad Producer Productions , 2019 -
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Review : Breaking Badly: How I Worried Myself Sick
Melbourne
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Bad Producer Productions
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2019
23464787
2019
single work
review
— Review of Breaking Badly : How I Worried Myself Sick 2019 single work autobiography'It’s hard to find the words to capture what it’s like to live with mental ill-health, but Georgie Dent achieves this difficult task.' (Introduction)
Melbourne : Bad Producer Productions , 2019 -
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Review : Highway Bodies
Melbourne
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Bad Producer Productions
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2020
23464703
2020
single work
review
— Review of Highway Bodies 2019 single work novel'Alison Evans, an Australian non-binary author, weaves a story of adventure, love and zombies in Highway Bodies.' (Introduction)
Melbourne : Bad Producer Productions , 2020 -
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Review : Never Forget
Melbourne
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Bad Producer Productions
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2020
23464832
2020
single work
review
— Review of Never Forget 2020 single work picture book'Never Forget is a thoughtful and moving portrayal of World War I. War and conflict are difficult concepts to explain and for children to comprehend - how they start, why they continue, how they end, what is learnt, who we become.' (Introduction)
Melbourne : Bad Producer Productions , 2020 -
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Review : Australia Day
Melbourne
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Bad Producer Productions
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2020
23464885
2020
single work
review
— Review of Australia Day 2019 single work prose'Stan Grant – journalist, author of Talking to my Country and lauded orator – is back with his follow up work Australia Day.' (Introduction)
Melbourne : Bad Producer Productions , 2020 -
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Review : Aurora Rising and Aurora Burning
Melbourne
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Bad Producer Productions
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2020
23464932
2020
single work
review
— Review of Aurora Rising 2019 single work novel ; Aurora Burning 2020 single work novel'Following their bestselling trilogy The Illuminae Files, Australian powerhouses Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff turn the world upside down in their newest series, The Aurora Cycle. Here, they bring us ‘not the heroes we wanted, just the ones we could find’.' (Introduction)
Melbourne : Bad Producer Productions , 2020 -
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Review : Grandmothers: Essays by 21st-century Grandmothers
Melbourne
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Bad Producer Productions
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2020
23464974
2020
single work
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— Review of Grandmothers : Essays by 21st-century Grandmothers 2020 anthology autobiography'I read Grandmothers: Essays by 21st century grandmothers before Mother’s Day, but my daughter’s card prompted me to re-visit this collection of twenty-two essays by 21st century grandmothers. As they cheered ‘Happy first grand-Mother’s Day’, I wondered what the essays would offer a grandmother of a grandson born between Australia’s megafires in January 2020 and COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020.' (Introduction)
Melbourne : Bad Producer Productions , 2020