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Tag: History

Review: Ankami by Debra Dank

Exploring the unbearable.

Aboriginal writers, Australian, Colonialism, Family history, History, Nonfiction, Racism

Review: Who Was That Man? by Neil Bartlett

Searching for origins.

England, gay, History, LGBTIQ, Nonfiction, Oscar Wilde, queer, UK

Review: Black Convicts by Santilla Chingaipe

Australia’s convict history has been whitewashed.

Australian, Colonialism, History, Nonfiction, Slavery

Review: My Giddy Aunt by Sharon Connolly

A forgotten world of Australian theatre.

Australian, Family history, History, Nonfiction, Theatre

Review: Deep Water by James Bradley

How do you tell a story as big as the ocean?

Australian, Climate change, History, Marine science, nature, Nonfiction, Oceans

The Art and Ethics of Jeffrey Smart

A life of art.

19, Art, Australian, History, LGBTIQ, Memoir, Nonfiction, Painting, queer, Queer history

Best books I’ve read 2023

2023 reviewed.

Anthology, Australian, Classics, Colonialism, Contemporary, End of year review, Female writers, Fiction, History, India, Indigenous history, Indigenous writers, LGBTIQ, Melbourne, Memoir, Nonfiction, Novel, Racism, Short stories, Speculative, speculative fiction, War, Year in review

Review: The Patriarchs by Angela Saini

No, patriarchy is not ‘natural’.

Anthropology, Feminism, History, Nonfiction, science, Sociology

Review: The Years by Annie Ernaux

A generational reckoning.

Classics, France, History, Memoir, Nobel Laureate, Nonfiction

Review: Indelible City by Louisa Lim

A gripping and frightening account of the city’s history.

China, History, Hong Kong, Nonfiction, Politics, Protest

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