Jan Kershaw

Posts By Jan Kershaw

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  Adelaide Fringe

  Fringe Review: The Paint Party

  Caroline Wall is a superb artist and she is in her element when inspiring and motivating the beginning artists who thoroughly enjoyed...

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  Adelaide Fringe

  Fringe Review: The Man Who Wrote Shakespeare

  One of the greatest mysteries of modern history is solved!

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  Books & Literature

  Book Review: Vida, by Jacqueline Kent

  BIOGRAPHY: Vida Goldstein was an advocate for women's rights, a campaigner for peace, fought for the distribution of wealth, and a trail-blazer...

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  Books & Literature

  Book Review: Oh Happy Day, by Carmen Callil

  HISTORY: Carmen Callil explores her roots in a book that is a miracle of research and whose writing is fuelled by righteous...

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  Books & Literature

  Book Review: The Silence, by Don DeLillo

  CONTEMPORARY FICTION: When worldwide communications are lost, five people in a New York apartment embark on a profoundly moving conversation about what...

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  Book Review: Dune: The Duke of Caladan, by Brian Herbert & Kevin J Anderson

  SCI-FI: The first book in a new Dune trilogy takes us back to where the legend began, in a time before the...

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  Books & Literature

  Book Review: Searching for the Spirit, by Jill Roe

  HISTORY: Tracing the history of theosophy from its rise in the 1870s through its heyday in the 1920s to its relative decline...

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  Book Review: The Kangaroo Islanders, by W A Cawthorne, annotated by Rick Hosking

  HISTORICAL FICTION: One of the few colonial novels that gives a glimpse of some of the improvisational & interactive encounters between the...

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  Book Review: Trailblazers: 100 inspiring South Australian Women, by Carolyn Collins and Roy Eccleston

  HISTORY: An insight into some of South Australia’s female trailblazers, from our first female Prime Minister to the nation's first female winemaker...

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  Books & Literature

  Book Review: Fantastically Great Women Who Saved the Planet, by Kate Pankhurst

  PICTURE BOOK: For ages 7+. A smart, informative, inclusive and accessible book about trail-blazing women who strove to protect our environment.

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  Books & Literature

  Book Review: Anzac Girl, by Kate Simpson

  PICTURE BOOK: For ages 7+. The true story of Anzac girl Sister Alice Ross-King, the most decorated woman in Australia.

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  Book Review: Nelson 1: Pumpkins and Aliens, by Andrew Levins

  JUNIOR FICTION: Meet Nelson. he's an ordinary kid, just like you. Everyone thinks he's shy but, really, he's just bored… and he...

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  Books & Literature

  Book Review: Australia Under Attack: The Bombing of Darwin 1942, by Douglas Lockwood

  HISTORY: To this day, Australia Under Attack remains the most reliable and accurate account of the Darwin bombings on 19 February 1942.

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  Books & Literature

  Cookbook Review: Bondi Trattoria, by Joe Pavlovich and Alasdair France

  This cookbook is a glimpse into the world of Bondi Tratt, which has been serving Bondi locals and internationals for 30 years,...

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  Books & Literature

  Book Review: Rowland Sinclair Mysteries Book 10: A Testament of Character, by Sulari Gentill

  CRIME: In fear for his life, American millionaire Daniel Cartwright changes his will, appointing his old friend Rowland Sinclair as his executor.

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  Books & Literature

  Book Review: No Neat Endings, by Dominic Carew

  SHORT STORIES: In nineteen short stories, No Neat Endings pits its characters against the challenges of modern life, sex, love, work and...

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  Books & Literature

  Cookbook Review: Venetian Republic, by Nino Zocalli

  Recipes from the Veneto, Adriatic Croatia and the Greek Islands. Part culinary journey, part cookbook from one of Australia's most awarded chefs.

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  Adelaide Festival

  Festival Review: The Sound Of History

  The program was centred around the Heiligenstadt Testament, a letter Beethoven wrote to his brothers in 1802 when he was away from...

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  Adelaide Fringe

  Fringe Review: The Tempest

  The Handlebards are a UK based touring theatre company. Their mode of transport around Britain accounts for their name as they carry...

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  Adelaide Festival

  Festival Review: Part 12 Celebration of Life 150 Psalms

  The remarkable 150 Psalms project concluded last night with a glorious performance celebrating life by the Netherlands Chamber Choir, conducted by Peter...