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'A Thinking Reed spans [Jones's] remarkable career, from a lonely childhood in Melbourne of the 1930s and 1940s to the fight he led against the death penalty to his crusade to make science and the future prominent issues on the political agenda. He has worked tirelessly on both a global and local scale to rethink education, to improve and preserve our heritage, to revive the nations's film industry, and to build a better Australia.' (Publisher's blurb)
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Epigraph: Man is but a reed, the feeblest in nature, but he is a thinking reed...Blaise Pascal, Pensees (200 H3)
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The Pointed Review
2007
single work
review
— Appears in: National Indigenous Times , 8 March vol. 6 no. 124 2007; (p. 32)
— Review of A Thinking Reed 2006 single work autobiography -
Sceptical by Nature
2007
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correspondence
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , March no. 289 2007; (p. 4-5) -
A Man Too Smart for Political Success
2006
single work
review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 17-18 December 2006; (p. 19) The Advertiser , 6 January 2007; (p. 10)
— Review of A Thinking Reed 2006 single work autobiography -
Educator or Smug Teacher, Take Your Pick
2006
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review
— Appears in: The Sun-Herald , 17 December 2006; (p. 57)
— Review of A Thinking Reed 2006 single work autobiography -
Innocent Abroad
2006-2007
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , December-January no. 287 2006-2007; (p. 9-10)
— Review of A Thinking Reed 2006 single work autobiography
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The Man Who Would be a Philosopher-King
2006
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 14-15 October 2006; (p. 31)
— Review of A Thinking Reed 2006 single work autobiography -
The Story Barry Jones Won't Tell
2006
single work
review
— Appears in: The Australian Financial Review , 14 - 15 October 2006; (p. 20-21)
— Review of A Thinking Reed 2006 single work autobiography -
Keeping Up with the Jones
2006
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review
— Appears in: The Age , 28 October 2006; (p. 21)
— Review of A Thinking Reed 2006 single work autobiography -
Confession of an Autodidact
2006
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review
— Appears in: The Australian Literary Review , November vol. 1 no. 3 2006; (p. 7-8)
— Review of A Thinking Reed 2006 single work autobiography -
Keeping Up with Jones from Quiz Shows to the Death Penalty
2006
single work
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— Appears in: The West Australian , 18 November 2006; (p. 8-9)
— Review of A Thinking Reed 2006 single work autobiography -
Dispatches from the Reviewing Front ...
2006
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column
— Appears in: The Australian Literary Review , November vol. 1 no. 3 2006; (p. 22) Matchett comments on reviews of Barry Jones's A Thinking Reed. -
Sceptical by Nature
2007
single work
correspondence
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , March no. 289 2007; (p. 4-5)
Awards
- 2008 shortlisted National Biography Award
- 2007 shortlisted 'The Nib': CAL Waverley Library Award for Literature
- 2007 shortlisted Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIA) — Australian Book of the Year
- 2007 shortlisted Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIA) — Australian Biography of the Year
- 2006 honourable mention Manning Clark House National Cultural Awards — Individual Category
Last amended 9 Oct 2014 14:04:34
Subjects:
- Melbourne, Victoria,
- Canberra, Australian Capital Territory,
- 1932-1999
- 2000-2006
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