Review by Amanda Hickey Edited by Robyn Cadwallader What is it about war that can rapidly bring men to the point of love? In their everyday lives they may have …
AHEAD OF HER TIME: Verity Fitzhardinge Remembered
Review by Amanda Hickey Edited By Robyn Cadwallader Verity Fitzhardinge (née Hewitt) was a woman of all seasons: as a writer she crafted poems, articles, letters, book reviews, books and …
Tobruk to Labuan: the life and letters of Brigadier ‘Hugh’ Norman (Amanda Hickey)
As to the war souvenirs From Hugh to Ethel 7 November, 1943 Darling…If you must destroy the letters I suppose you must, but one day I thought we might write …
SPEAKING THE UNNAMEABLE AND UNKNOWABLE: Meera Atkinson’s The Poetics of Transgenerational Trauma
Reviewed by Amanda Hickey Edited by Robyn Cadwallader In her timely book, Meera Atkinson opens with a few unpalatable facts about our society and the world we live in. Fact …
OUTSIDERS, INSIDE OUT (Amanda Hickey)
(Edited by Kathryn Hummel) Your own eyes are king. —Estonian Proverb Sydney, 1991 I looked for her first in the garden where she would often be working—planting, weeding or …
WHAT SPARK IGNITES AN ACTIVIST? khulud khamis’s Haifa Fragments
Review by Amanda Hickey What is the spark that ignites an activist? Is it an event, a family grievance, a brush stroke of history? Or an undeniable truth that breaks …
What Lies at the Core of a Successful Family: Nigel Featherstone’s The Beach Volcano
Review by Amanda Hickey The Albury family of Sydney’s Elizabeth Bay are about money and social standing, and although they appear prickly and self-absorbed, it is the father’s eightieth birthday …