All posts tagged "Autobiography"
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12Books & LiteratureBook Review: Beyond Alice, by Tanya Heaslip
AUTOBIOGRAPHY: From the happiness and freedom of her bush childhood, Tanya Heaslip is sent to a boarding school sixteen hundred kilometres away. As these years pass surrounded by the friends she makes, Tanya's memoir is a humorous and inspiring story of strength, resilience and the realities of Australian outback life.
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171Books & LiteratureBook Review: Maddening, Self-Indulgent Crap, by Peter Goers
AUTOBIOGRAPHY: South Australian broadcaster, columnist, theatre guru and critic Peter Goers has been known and loved for his sardonic wit and laconic flair for decades. This collection gathers the best of his Fringe shows, columns and a modicum of memoir.
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673Books & LiteratureBook Review: Outspoken, by Father Rod Bower
Internet sensation Father Rod Bower of the Gosford Anglican Church, discusses his life, social justice, and religion.
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889Books & LiteratureBook Review: Never Grow Up, by Jackie Chan, with Zhu Mo
Superstar Jackie Chan reflects on his early life, his big breaks, his numerous brushes with death, and his life as a husband and father.
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2.1KBooks & LiteratureAudiobook Review: Working Class Man, by Jimmy Barnes
Aussie music icon Jimmy Barnes continues his autobiography in this second volume outlining his career.
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487Books & LiteratureBook Review: Survival, by John L Fahey
Raised in two very different worlds, one angry and violent, the other loving and nurturing, John must find his own path to happiness.
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745Books & LiteratureBook Review: In Pieces, by Sally Field
Academy Award winning actress, Sally Field, presents her long-awaited autobiography, detailing the influences and challenges of her life.
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611Books & LiteratureBook Review: Thanks a Lot Mr Kibblewhite, by Roger Daltrey
The autobiography of Roger Daltry, the lead singer of one of the most legendary bands of the last 50-plus years, The Who.
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713Books & LiteratureBook Review: Made in Scotland – My Grand Adventures in a Wee Country, by Billy Connolly
Comedian Billy Connolly returns to the country of his birth and upbringing, acknowledging what went before and reliving the journey that made him the man we know and love to laugh along with today.
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715Books & LiteratureBook Review: Keeping in touch with Cheryl, by Vincenzo Russo
Originally released as "Mama Mia! What a Climb!", this is the autobiography of Vincenzo Russo, from a distant Italian country town of the 1950s to present-day Adelaide, told as a series of letters to his late wife.
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681Books & LiteratureBook Review: Working Class Boy, by Jimmy Barnes
Australian rocker, Jimmy Barnes, provides a no-holds-barred autobiography of his life with all it's hardships, successes, laughter and forgiveness.
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800Books & LiteratureBook Review: Winging it, by Emma Isaacs
A relatable, inspiring, step-by-step guide for women on how to get more out of life, from the founder and CEO of global organisation Business Chicks, drawing on stories from her own life and the experiences.
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317Books & LiteratureAudiobook Review: The Power of Hope, by Kon Karapanagiotidis
Founder of the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre reads his own autobiography which is a story about doing what's right, protecting others, and finding hope and salvation through your own dark times.
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336Events This WeekFilm Review: BlacKkKlansman
Lee directs with gentle, guiding hand, allowing his actors room to move, but keeping the work focussed and tight.
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361Events This WeekInfiltrate Hate Party at Palace Nova Eastend
Palace Nova Eastend are throwing a party to celebrate the preview screening of Spike Lee's latest feature.
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448Books & LiteratureAudiobook Review: Bridge Burning and Other Hobbies, by Kitty Flanagan
Comedian Kitty Flanagan recounts stories from her life in this collection of cautionary tales about childhood, hitchhiking, internet dating, relationships, yoga, travelling, and even murder!
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633Books & LiteratureBook Review: The Last Snake Man, by John Cann with Jimmy Thomson
Every Sunday for almost a century, John Cann's family ran the famous snake show in a pit at La Perouse. This is the memoir of the last of those snake men.
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641Books & LiteratureBook Review: Liz Williams: Body Language, by Margot Osborne, photography by Grant Hancock
A celebration the remarkable figurative sculptures of Australian ceramicist Liz Williams, tracing the evolution of Liz Williams' impressive body of coil-built works.
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328Adelaide FringeFringe Review: Intoxication
there is no room to hide in this one-man autobiography, as writer Christopher Bryant takes his audience through his personal story that began at a devastating car accident that nearly left him without the ability to write.
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1.0KBooks & LiteratureBook Review: Dear World, by Bana Alabed
It started with a single tweet: “I need peace.” This is the true recollection of a Syrian girl’s experience of war and her plea for peace that went viral on social media.
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