by NRB | 15 Mar 2016 | Non-fiction |
Part polemic, part memoir, Stan Grant’s new book is a passionate account of the toll of a lifetime of negotiating between two cultures. The contradictions of being black in Australia, shown so vividly in this book, are there right from the beginning, in the...
by NRB | 11 Sep 2015 | The Godfather: Peter Corris |
It’s been a tumultuous year in the AFL, marked tragically by the death of recently appointed Adelaide coach Phil Walsh before he had the chance to put his stamp on the team. This sad event was handled with great dignity and respect by the AFL as a whole and by all...
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