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Tim Flannery Tim Flannery i(A41554 works by) (a.k.a. Timothy Fridtjof Flannery)
Also writes as: Dido Butterworth
Born: Established: 1956 Melbourne, Victoria, ;
Gender: Male
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1 The Megafires and Pandemic Expose the Lies That Frustrate Action on Climate Change Tim Flannery , 2020 single work essay
— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 17 September 2020;

'If there was a moment of true emergency in the fight to preserve our climate, it is now.'

1 y separately published work icon Deep Dive into Deep Sea Tim Flannery , Sam Caldwell (illustrator), Richmond : Hardie Grant Egmont , 2020 19680971 2020 single work information book children's

'Get ready to dive into the darkest depths of the sea with real-life explorer and scientist, Professor Tim Flannery.
You might think you know about the ocean, but the deep sea is nothing like the beach. 'Things are WEIRD down there.

' Who is the giant squid’s mortal enemy?

'Can you see ghosts in the deep sea?

'Why would a sea cucumber have teeth on its butt?

'And what on earth is a headless chicken monster?

'Put on your SCUBA gear – you’re about to find out!' (Publication summary)

1 y separately published work icon Explore Your World Tim Flannery , 2019 Richmond : Hardie Grant Egmont , 2019- 19680911 2019 series - author information book children's
1 1 y separately published work icon Weird, Wild, Amazing! Tim Flannery , Sam Caldwell (illustrator), Richmond : Hardie Grant Egmont , 2019 18715912 2019 single work information book children's

'Get ready for a whole new look at the world around you. You're about to meet the weirdest, wildest and most amazing animals on the planet. Are zombie jellyfish real? Do frogs like opera? Which animals eat poop? (And more importantly, WHY?!) What's it like to wrestle a python? Buckle up - you're about to find out! Bursting with bizarre facts, packed with vibrant illustrations and guided by one of the world's greatest living scientists,Professor Tim Flannery, this deep-dive into the natural world will enthral and enlighten readers. It will also make them laugh out loud ... and squirm in disgust.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

1 2 y separately published work icon Life : Selected Writings Tim Flannery , Melbourne : Text Publishing , 2019 18286143 2019 selected work essay criticism

'Tim Flannery is one of the world’s great thinkers, environmental scientists and writers. Sir David Attenborough once described him as being ‘in the league of the all-time great explorers like Dr David Livingstone.’

'This definitive collection of his work brings together thirty years of essays, speeches and occasional writing on palaeontology, mammology, environmental science and history, including the science of climate change and the challenges and opportunities we face in addressing this issue, so critical for all of us.'  (Publication summary) 

1 Introduction Tim Flannery , 2017 essay
— Appears in: The Life and Adventures of William Buckley : Thirty-Two Years a Wanderer Amongst the Aborigines of the Then Unexplored Country Round Port Phillip, Now the Province of Victoria 2017;
1 Extravagant, Aggressive Birds Down Under Tim Flannery , 2017 single work essay
— Appears in: The Best Australian Essays 2017 2017; (p. 1-9) The New York Review of Books , 9 March 2017;

'Toward the end of his highly enjoyable book Where Song Began, Tim Low informs us that “it might be said that the world has one hemisphere weighted towards mammals and one towards birds.” The hemisphere weighted toward mammals is the northern one. And Low makes a convincing case that, in the south, birds of a most extravagant type occur. But is the southern hemisphere truly weighted toward birds? One window into the question is through bird–human interactions. We humans are used to getting our way with nature, but in the Antipodes birds occasionally gain the upper hand.' (Introduction)

1 The Doctor Tim Flannery , 2016 single work autobiography
— Appears in: The Monthly , October no. 127 2016; (p. 18)
'A personal narrative is presented in which the author talks about his best school friend, Neil McCarthy, he discuss his friend's views on one-sided nature of the abortion and mentions of his interaction with Bertram Wainer, to whom he met in his college.' (Publication abstract)
1 The Words We Loved Charlotte Wood , Geraldine Brooks , Graeme Simsion , Michael Robotham , Chris Wallace-Crabbe , Helen Garner , Favel Parrett , Gregory Day , Fiona Wright , Alexis Wright , Robert Adamson , Debra Adelaide , Lisa Gorton , Abigail Ulman , Christos Tsiolkas , Maxine Beneba Clarke , Susan Johnson , Kristina Olsson , Peter Goldsworthy , Tim Flannery , Malcolm Knox , Shane Maloney , Thomas Keneally , Don Watson , Anita Heiss , Omar Musa , 2015 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 12-13 December 2015; (p. 24-26) The Saturday Age , 12-13 December 2015; (p. 30)
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1 The Power of Place Tim Flannery , 2015 single work review
— Appears in: The Monthly , November no. 117 2015; (p. 56-57)

— Review of Island Home : A Landscape Memoir Tim Winton , 2015 single work autobiography
1 How You Consist of Trillions of Tiny Machines Tim Flannery , 2015 single work essay
— Appears in: The Best Australian Essays 2015 2015;
1 Bay of Action Tim Flannery , 2015 single work autobiography
— Appears in: The Monthly , May no. 111 2015; (p. 22-24)

'A personal narrative is presented which explores the author's experience of growing up and snorkeling at the Port Phillip Bay in Melbourne, Victoria.'

1 7 y separately published work icon The Mystery of the Venus Island Fetish Dido Butterworth , Melbourne : Text Publishing , 2014 8126590 2014 single work novel mystery

'Painted in white, red and black ochre, the heart-shaped mask was one of the greatest creations of primitive man. The size of a dining table, it was carved with crazed, spiky lines that told of its maker’s dangerous insanity. The nose, with its wide-open nostrils, sat above a great slash of a mouth filled with jagged, blackened, pig’s teeth. But these horrors were not what one first noticed. It was the eyes that drew you in. Bloodshot. Manic. Hypnotic. They had been fashioned from pearl shells smeared with red ochre, the irises blackened spirals made from cone shells. They pulled at Archie’s soul as powerfully as a vortex.

'It’s 1932, and the Venus Island fetish, a ceremonial mask surrounded by thirty-two human skulls, now resides in the museum in Sydney. But young anthropologist Archie Meek, recently returned from an extended field trip to Venus Island, has noticed a strange discoloration of some of the skulls of the fetish. Has someone been tampering with the primitive artefact? Is there a link between the mysterious disappearance of Cecil Polkinghorne, curator of archaeology, and the fetish? And how did Eric Sopwith, retired mollusks expert, die in the museum’s storeroom?' (Publication summary)

1 A Natural Wonder in Peril Tim Flannery , 2014 single work essay
— Appears in: The Best Australian Essays 2014 2014; (p. 294-304)
1 Books of the Year Stephen Romei , Graeme Blundell , James Bradley , Geraldine Brooks , Gabrielle Carey , Peter Carey , Stella Clarke , Miriam Cosic , Peter Craven , Tegan Bennett Daylight , Michelle De Kretser , Delia Falconer , Tim Flannery , David Free , Peter Goldsworthy , Andy Griffiths , Gideon Haigh , Helen Garner , Sonya Hartnett , Ashley Hay , Evelyn Juers , Thomas Keneally , Richard King , Ramona Koval , David Malouf , Alex Miller , Louis Nowra , Peter Pierce , Felicity Plunkett , Nicolas Rothwell , Jaya Savige , Kirsten Tranter , Geordie Williamson , Tim Winton , Ed Wright , Fiona Wright , 2013 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 21-22 December 2013; (p. 14-18)
1 The Female Botanist Tim Flannery , 2013 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 9 November 2013; (p. 30-31)

— Review of White Beech : The Rainforest Years Germaine Greer , 2013 single work autobiography
1 The Female Botonist Hands-On Love of the Land; Greer's Labours for Australia Tim Flannery , 2013 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 9 November 2013; The Age , 9 November 2013; (p. 22) The Canberra Times , 9 November 2013; (p. 21)

— Review of White Beech : The Rainforest Years Germaine Greer , 2013 single work autobiography
1 The Naked Critic Tim Flannery , 2012 single work column
— Appears in: The Monthly , September no. 82 2012; (p. 20) The Best Australian Essays 2012 2012; (p. 1-6)
2 3 y separately published work icon A Voyage to Terra Australis : Undertaken for the Purpose of Completing the Discovery of that Vast Country, and Prosecuted in the Years 1801, 1802, and 1803, in His Majesty's Ship the Investigator Matthew Flinders , Melbourne : Text Publishing , 2012 Z1393877 1814 single work prose travel

'First published in two-volumes in 1814, this is the enthralling account of the circumnavigation of Australia, by the man who gave our country its name.

'Edited and introduced by Tim Flannery, Terra Australis is a vital step toward a new understanding of our own history. Flinders tells of meeting and communicating with Aborigines, of the scrub and wilderness. His descriptions of the difficulties that he and his sailors faced still bristle with energy and immediacy two hundred years later. This is Flinders’ story in his own words, neglected until now, but destined to be eagerly read by all ages.' (Publication summary : Text Classics)

1 Introduction Tim Flannery , 2012 essay
— Appears in: A Voyage to Terra Australis : Undertaken for the Purpose of Completing the Discovery of that Vast Country, and Prosecuted in the Years 1801, 1802, and 1803, in His Majesty's Ship the Investigator 2012;
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