Posts By Jan Kershaw
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954Books & LiteratureBook Review: The Nocturnal Brain, by Guy Leschziner
With compassionate stories of his patients and their conditions, Leschziner illustrates the neuroscience behind our sleeping minds.
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2.6KEntertainmentYouth Theatre Review: Les Misérables (Paris Cast)
Director Linda Williams has brought together the talents of the whole Scotch College community to present a first class performance.
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1.3KBooks & LiteratureBook Review: Restore, by Shannah Kennedy and Lyndall Mitchell
20 essential self-renewal practices to take you from surviving to thriving, by helping you to reconnect with yourself and revitalise your life.
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1.7KBooks & LiteratureBook Review: Hapless Hero Henrie, by Petra James Illustrated, by A Yi
Twelve-year-old Henrie is the first girl heir of the Melchior family in 200 years. This was deemed a dereliction of duty by...
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2.2KBooks & LiteratureBook Review: Little People, Big Dreams: Vivienne Westwood, by Isabel Sánchez Vegara
A picture book of the life of fashion icon Vivienne Westwood, introducing children to another inspirational icon of popular culture.
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976Books & LiteratureBook Review: Women to the Front, by Heather Sheard and Ruth Lee
Undeterred by the military hierarchy’s refusal to recognise their skills, these brave women served as doctors amidst the horrors of WWI.
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2.3KBooks & LiteratureBook Review: Esther, by Jessica North
A detailed, semi-biographical account of one women’s journey from convict to First Lady of the colony of New South Wales.
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1.9KArtsCabaret Festival Review: Vika and Linda: Between Two Shores
Right from the start, this world premiere show, Between Two Shores, wonderfully reflected the Tongan/Australian heritage of these amazing singing sisters Vika...
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1.6KBooks & LiteratureBook Review: Unmarriageable, by Soniah Kamal
A modern retelling of "Pride and Prejudice" updated to be set in conservative Pakistani society and centering around an independent 30 year...
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1.8KArtsCabaret Festival Review: Fat Musicals: A Body of Work
Maeve Marsden and Libby Wood present a clever, insightful ‘Body of Work’ which is chock full of pathos, humour, amazing singing and...
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2.0KArtsCabaret Festival Review: The Letter String Quartet With Tina Del Twist – The Silly Season
Tina del Twist is played by Australian singer/actor/writer/comedian/producer and director Wes Snelling. She is Wes’s bohemian Auntie - the family misfit, never...
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2.8KArtsCabaret Festival Review: Ms. Lisa Fischer With Grand Baton
Ms Lisa Fischer returns to take her well deserved place front and centre in the Dunstan Playhouse at the Adelaide Cabaret Festival.
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1.5KBooks & LiteratureBook Review: The Colonial Fantasy, by Sarah Maddison
An analysis of the relationship between black and white Australia and why whites can’t solve black problems.
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1.9KBooks & LiteratureBook Review: Little People, Big Dreams: Maria Montessori, by Isabel Sánchez Vegara
An inspiring picture book and biography of pioneering teacher and researcher, Maria Montessori, written for children aged 4-7 years old.
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1.3KBooks & LiteratureBook Review: My Life & Other Fictions, by Michael Giacometti
A collection of short stories interlaced with historical allusions and informed by the spiritual and religious ideas of the author.
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1.3KBooks & LiteratureBook Review: Clackety Track, by Skila Brown
A large format book for 5-to-8-year-olds, covering a wide variety of trains using different styles of poetry and illustrations.
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2.1KBooks & LiteratureBook Review: The Quiet at the End of the World, by Lauren James
A sci-fi mystery adventure for young adults about the last surviving members of the human race.
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1.1KBooks & LiteratureBook Review: Literary Places, by Sarah Baxter
A travel guide for the well-read, visiting the key locations of literature's best and brightest authors, movements and moments.
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1.5KBooks & LiteratureBook Review: Images of the Interior, by Philip Jones
The work of seven amateur photographers who documented the land and the people of early Central Australia.
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1.7KBooks & LiteratureBook Review: Foundational Fictions in South Australian History, edited by Carolyn Collins and Paul Sendziuk
A collection of essays looking at alternative views of South Australia’s founding myths.
