Feb 28 2010
I am a fan of books on war. There. I’ve said it. Actually I haven’t read many since I was about fifteen years old, but I am still partial to a browse in the Military section of the bookshop every now and then. Which might be rather strange for a committed pacifist who believes that there must always be a better alternative to sending in the soldiers. But there’s something about a war story … Continue Reading »
Feb 16 2010
If you’re a writer of history, you might be interested in the 2010 History Festival “Writing the Past” at the NSW Writers’ Centre, Sat 13th March. All kinds of writers from novellists to academics and professional historians will be there and there are panels on historical fiction, writing politics and true crime, memoir and individual lives, stories of Sydney, as well as biography and local/community.
The festival page is here and you can download a program here.