and his graphic memoir The Dead Eye and the Deep Blue Sea FARZ EDRAKI, Bulletin alumnus, along with her ABC Radio National colleague explores the extraordinary tale of Vannak Prum. Prum’s book unwraps the world of modern slave labour geared to extracting food from nature in a world of exploding human
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Poor parenting epidemic leading to ’emotionally abused’ kids, John Marsden says
What do you, our readers, think? READ THE FULL STORY: Poor parenting is leading to an epidemic of mental health issues amoung Australian kids, but it is going unnoticed because criticising parents is considered taboo, acclaimed author and school principal John Marsden says. By Patrick Wood, ABC News Breakfast IMAGE: Author and educator John
Healthy lifestyle may counteract genetic risk of dementia
Living a healthy lifestyle may help counteract a person’s genetic risk of dementia, according to new international research. THE STUDY WAS led by the University of Exeter in collaboration with researchers from the University of South Australia, the University of Michigan, the University of Oxford, published recently in JAMA and presented
Miles Franklin award 2019: your guide to this year‘s ‘profoundly empathetic’ list
Grief, racism and uncertain futures: novels by Melissa Lucashenko, Rodney Hall and others reflect society’s troubling themes. I THINK IT’S fair to say that each year the selected novels on the Miles Franklin shortlist manifest the zeitgeist, reflecting on some of the issues that are troubling society. This year they take
‘Bluebottle’: family and mystery
Reviewed by Linda Funnell BELINDA CASTLES NAVIGATES the dark undercurrents of a family in her new novel. Bluebottles are common on Australian beaches, their attractive hue concealing the painful poison within. Belinda Castles’ new novel (she previously won the Vogel for The River Baptists and published a historical novel, Hannah and Emil, in 2012)
Across the radar: neologism contest
ONCE AGAIN The Washington Post has published the winning submissions to its yearly neologism contest, in which readers are asked to supply alternative meanings for common words. The winners are: 1. Coffee (n): the person upon whom one coughs. 2. Flabbergasted (adj): appalled over how much weight you have gained. 3. Abdicate (v):
Byron Bay influencers broadcast a life that is too good to be true — because it is
Exhibition: “Her Elements” and Sahaja Yoga meditation
Sunday 4 August at 10am, Fyre Gallery Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi the Founder of Sahaja Yoga has inspired this exhibition of paintings by Phillip Frankcombe. After the celebration a meditation program will be held. Join us, All Free, All Welcome — Tea and Goodies as well 84 Wallace Street, Braidwood _ _ _ _ _
The Dogs that Made Australia
THE DOGS THAT Made Australia is a meticulously well researched book by NSW author and dog behaviourist Guy Hull. Published by Harper Collins, it traces the role of dogs in Australia’s nation building. Some of the dog-assisted endeavours described are misguided long-term failures such as the development of kangaroo dog breeds