TURIN, ONCE BRIEFLY the capital of Italy, is famous today for its coffee, delectable hazelnut chocolate, Fiat cars, Juventus FC and the architectural wonder, the Mole Antonelliana. It also happens to be the city of a reportedly epiphanic moment in the life of multi-faceted German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche. On January 3
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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
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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
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Dark Emu: pre-colonial Aboriginal society
Australia should be proud but few learn this in school. “IT IS EXCITING to revisit the words of the first Europeans to ‘witness’ the pre-colonial Aboriginal economy. In Dark Emu, my aim is to give rise to the possibility of an alternative view of pre-colonial Aboriginal society”, Bruce Pascoe writes in
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Newborns (and their parents) are target of new book by local author
CAPTAIN’S FLAT AUTHOR Kelly (KM Wade), has just published a new personalised book specifically designed to kickstart the development of new-borns and babies up to six months of age. Research has shown that babies under six months of age favour black and white images as their colour perception is underdeveloped and
