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'On 25 October 2018, Kevin Rudd headlined a function at Sydney Town Hall entitled ‘After the Crash: Australia in the World Ten Years on from the Global Financial Crisis’ (GFC). Following a panel conversation, Rudd dutifully signed copies of his new book, The PM Years, which had been officially launched just days earlier at Parliament House. Noticing my relative youth, he asked whether or not I was studying. I replied that I had just written an Honours thesis about Labor political memoirs, including his earlier work, Not for the Faint-hearted. He paused for a moment, prompting an immediate fear that I had made a faux paus. Eventually, he settled on an uncharacteristically succinct reply: ‘You poor bastard’.' (Introduction)
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‘(Re)making History : Kevin Rudd’s Approach to Political Autobiography and Memoir’
Australian Journal of Biography and History
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- Not for the Faint-hearted : A Reflection On Life, Politics and Purpose 2017 single work autobiography
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