The books reviewed this week were provided to me by NetGalley. They both reflect upon women’s fight for the vote. The Accidental Suffragist and The Rebel Suffragette tell the stories of two rather different women, the first in fictional form, and the latter non-fiction. Both are worthy contributions to winning the vote for women inContinue reading “Week beginning 1 December 2021”
Tag Archives: Bob McMullan
Week beginning 27th October 2021
Articles/comments in this post which appear after the introduction to the book reviews and short comment on Canberra post lockdown: Bob McMullan, A better way to compete with China in the region; Cindy Lou’s restaurant reviews; Dr Gladys West; TRMS; On Tyranny, Timothy Snyder; Fran Kelly; Heather Cox Richardson. Thank you, NetGalley, for providing theseContinue reading “Week beginning 27th October 2021”
Week beginning October 6 2021
Ian Nathan The Coppolas A Movie Dynasty Palazzo, 2021. Thank you, NetGalley. Ian Nathan has written an insightful and exciting contribution to our understanding of writing, directing and producing films; the role of family and ability in a dynasty such as the Coppolas; the studio system, and the contribution of film finance, box office returnsContinue reading “Week beginning October 6 2021”
Week Beginning 22 September 2021
The nonfiction book review this week is Dear Barack, The Extraordinary Partnership of Barack Obama and Angela Merkel by Claudia Clark, provided to me by NetGalley. It is particularly pertinent reading as Germany will be electing a new Chancellor after Angela Merkel stepped down after four remarkable terms. Bob McMullan writes about the German electionContinue reading “Week Beginning 22 September 2021”
Week beginning 15 September 2021
The book review this week, Feminist City by Leslie Kern, links to an inspiring presentation by Camille Wagner on the Bold & Brilliant- Brilliant & Bold zoom meeting held monthly by Dr Jocelynne Scutt. More about Bold & Brilliant -Brilliant & Bold, with particular reference to Camille Wagner’s talk appears below. Leslie Kern, Feminist City,Continue reading “Week beginning 15 September 2021”
Week beginning 1 September 2021
Although one of the two books provided to me by NetGalley for review, is fiction, both are valuable social commentary. Lisa Jewell, The Night She Disappeared, Century (Penguin Random House), 2021. In her latest novel, Lisa Jewell uses a device that is new to me in her work – a detective story writer who becomesContinue reading “Week beginning 1 September 2021”
Week beginning 28 July 2021
The books reviewed this week include one that is pertinent to the debate about democracy and voting rights in America today. Included this week is also Heather Cox Richardson’s commentary on these events. The book is Democracy, Race and Justice The Speeches and Writings of Sadie T.M. Alexander, edited by Nina Banks and published byContinue reading “Week beginning 28 July 2021”
Week beginning 7 July 2021
Books reviewed this week are: Kelly Heyman’s Build Back Better. The First Hundred Days of the Biden Administration, and Beyond and From Women to the World Letters for a New Century, edited by Elizabeth Filippouli. NetGalley provided me with the following uncorrected proofs for review. Kelly Heyman Build Back Better. The First 100 Days ofContinue reading “Week beginning 7 July 2021”
Week beginning 9 June 2021
Book Reviews this week are the non fiction, Superman’s Not Coming, and a novel that features some of the same issues, Patricia Hunt Holmes’ Crude Ambition. Erin Brockovich with Suzanne Boothby, Superman’s Not Coming Our National Water Crisis and What We the People Can Do About It, Pantheon Books 2021 I saw the film, ErinContinue reading “Week beginning 9 June 2021”
Week beginning 27th April 2021
This week’s book reviews: Scott Ryan’s Moonlighting An Oral History is an absolute delight. The first point to be made is pedestrian, but so important in a book that is, in Ryan’s words ‘a scholarly look’. I would also like to suggest that this book is so much fun (while scholarly) that it is notContinue reading “Week beginning 27th April 2021”
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