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JOHN BIRMINGHAM Leviathan: The unauthorised biography of Sydney; DAVID HUNT Girt: The unauthorised history of Australia. Reviewed by Kurt Johnson

JOHN BIRMINGHAM Leviathan: The unauthorised biography of Sydney; DAVID HUNT Girt: The unauthorised history of Australia. Reviewed by Kurt Johnson

by NRB | 7 Aug 2018 | Non-fiction | 1 comment

Leviathan and Girt are engaging because they do what official histories shy away from – they spin a ripping yarn. We Australians have a strained relationship with our past. As the ongoing culture wars rage ever louder, it might seem that we respond to our history...
ANDREW P STREET The Curious Story of Malcolm Turnbull, the Incredible Shrinking Man in the Top Hat  Reviewed by Chris Maher

ANDREW P STREET The Curious Story of Malcolm Turnbull, the Incredible Shrinking Man in the Top Hat Reviewed by Chris Maher

by NRB | 10 Jan 2017 | Non-fiction | 0 comments

Street continues to blend fact and witticisms as he takes on Captain Abbott’s mutinous replacement. As your humble scribe suggested when reviewing The Short and Excruciatingly Embarrassing Reign of Captain Abbott, Andrew P Street could well have embarked upon a sequel...
DAVID HUNT True Girt: The Unauthorised History of Australia, Volume 2. Reviewed by Ashley Kalagian Blunt

DAVID HUNT True Girt: The Unauthorised History of Australia, Volume 2. Reviewed by Ashley Kalagian Blunt

by NRB | 13 Dec 2016 | Non-fiction | 0 comments

In True Girt Hunt successfully blends his tongue-in-cheekiness and sometimes dark humour with detailed research. Following on from the death of Governor Macquarie, the cliffhanger ending of his 2013 bestseller Girt, Hunt’s new volume opens with the colonisation of...
BEN POBJIE Error Australis: The reality recap of Australian history. Reviewed by Ashley Kalagian Blunt

BEN POBJIE Error Australis: The reality recap of Australian history. Reviewed by Ashley Kalagian Blunt

by NRB | 6 Sep 2016 | Fiction | 2 comments

Ben Pobjie’s Error Australis gives new insights into the reality show of Australian history. Professional recapper Ben Pobjie has summarised the entirety of the long-running series Australia, which remains on-air and popular around the world. This...
ANDREW P STREET The Short and Excruciatingly Embarrassing Reign of Captain Abbott. Reviewed by Chris Maher

ANDREW P STREET The Short and Excruciatingly Embarrassing Reign of Captain Abbott. Reviewed by Chris Maher

by NRB | 2 Feb 2016 | Non-fiction | 0 comments

This unashamedly partisan account of Australia’s recent political history is part comedy, part reality check. It’s been said that on the night Tony Abbott lost power, you could hear the sound of a thousand comedians crying. And not only in Australia – tears were shed...

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