Not Always Diplomatic: An Australian Woman’s Journey through International Affairs
December 2020 Book of the MonthNot Always Diplomatic is the life story of West Australian Sue Boyd, a remarkable pioneer in international diplomacy. Educated at thirteen schools across five continents, Boyd continued her globe-trotting ...
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Living on Stolen Land, Ambelin Kwaymullina (Magabala Books)
September 2020 Book of the MonthLiving on Stolen Land is a prose-style manifesto that asks the reader to consider the cost of living on stolen land. In this latest work by talented writer and ...
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We Can’t Say We Didn’t Know: Dispatches from an Age of Impunity, Sophie McNeill (ABC Books)
August 2020 Book of the MonthWe Can’t Say We Didn’t Know by Sophie McNeill is an evocative and powerful book that thrusts readers into lives and locations devastated by war and oppression. In rough ...
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Shadow Lines, Stephen Kinnane (Fremantle Press)
May 2020 Book of the MonthThe reissuing by Fremantle Press of Stephen Kinnane’s award winning Shadow Lines is indeed a cause for celebration. Both a deeply researched archival investigation into the assimilationist policies of ...
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The Wooleen Way, David Pollock (Scribe)
August 2019 Book of the MonthDavid Pollock’s engrossing read tells the story of his passionate mission to renew his family’s massive pastoral property in Western Australia’s southern rangelands. It follows on from his appearances ...
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Finding Our Humanity, Leif Cocks (The Orangutan Project)
July 2019 Book of the MonthUsing a seamless blend of personal anecdote, philosophical and psychological discussion and the gentle presentation of scientific evidence, Finding our Humanity convincingly builds the case for understanding our place ...
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A Stolen Life: The Bruce Trevorrow Case, Antonio Buti (Fremantle Press)
June 2019 Book of the MonthAntonio Buti’s A Stolen Life charts the circumstances behind the removal of Ngarrindjeri man Bruce Trevorrow from his family as a baby by the South Australian Aboriginal Protection Board, ...
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Slice Girls: A female surgeon’s remarkable story of blood, bone and the boys’ club, Joan Arakkal (Ventura Press)
April 2019 Book of the MonthThis enormously engaging autobiography is not only the story of a clever and courageous woman’s life but also of the differences between attitudes to women in Joan Arakkal’s chosen ...
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Kathleen O’Connor of Paris, Amanda Curtin (Fremantle Press)
November 2018 Book of the MonthArtist Kathleen (Kate) O’Connor left conservative Perth in 1906 to pursue a life as an artist in Paris. She was a contemporary of Madame Curie, Lucien Simon and Isaac ...
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