Tue 21 May
Dear America
Texts in the City
Tue 21 May
Anita Desai
May Blockbusters
Tue 21 May
Anita Desai and William Dalrymple
May Blockbusters
Tue 21 May
William Dalrymple
May Blockbusters
Thu 23 May
Jo Case: Asperger's Syndrome: Identity or Illness?
Lunchbox / Soapbox
Thu 23 May
Unpublished Manuscript Award at the Emerging Writers' Festival Launch
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Well done for choosing Watkin Tench's book. I found the contemporary account of Australia's early European settlement fascinating. It is not a difficult book to read in the most recently published edition. I've recommended it widely to anyone who seemed remotely interested in the topic. It fires the imagination - to try and imagine Sydney as a virgin site. The description of the Aboriginal inhabitants was really interesting. The insight into their day to day lives and their way of living was so instructive. As much as I admire the efforts of Australia's historians to explore and understand our past, this first hand account must rank above them.
Judy Masters
07 May at 11:50AM