All posts tagged "true story"
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1.5KEntertainmentFilm Review: Instant Family
Sean Anders's comedy-drama about adoption and family.
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1.6KBooks & LiteratureBook Review: Unmaking a Murder: The Mysterious Death of Anna-Jane Cheney by Graham Archer
A look into the Anna-Jane Cheney murder case. Cheney was an Adelaide lawyer murdered in the 1990s. Her fiancé, Henry Keogh, was found guilty and sentenced to life imprisonment, only to be released and have the charges dropped 21 years later.
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1.1KFilm & TVGerman Film Festival: The Silent Revolution
The Silent Revolution is equal parts a coming of age story and a snapshot of Germany in a time of fracture.
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1.4KBooks & LiteratureBook Review: Supernormal, by Meg Jay, PhD
Clinical psychologist and author Meg Jay, PhD, takes a profound look at how one can survive and thrive after experiencing childhood adversity.
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1.4KBooks & LiteratureBook Review: Geoff Brock: The Man Who Saved a City, by Greg Mayfield
From hours of interviews comes this biography of Geoff Brock, the son of a rabbit trapper and a Port Pirie lad who would grow up to become Mayor of Port Pirie and, eventually, the Minister for Regional Development.
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2.3KBooks & LiteratureBook Review: The Seventh Circle, by Rob Langdon
A former South Australian soldier's autobiography of events leading up to and during his seven year imprisonment in Afghanistan's worst prison, Pol-e-Charkhi.
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1.1KBooks & LiteratureBook Review: Shackled, by Chris Turney
Professor Chris Turney recounts his experience of being trapped with a scientific expedition to the Antartic after a fierce windstorm turned against them.
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882Books & LiteratureBook Review: Writing True Stories, by Patti Miller
Writing True Stories asks ‘What is it like for anyone to be in the world?’ and explores answers through practical advice and lots of writing exercises.
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1.0KBooks & LiteratureBook Review: The Moth – All These Wonders, edited by Catherine Burns
The Moth - All These Wonders offers 50 true stories from known and unknown names. It’s a 20th Anniversary book, and only the second compilation in its history.
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3.1KBooks & LiteratureInterview: Stephen Dando-Collins on Robert Stigwood
Port Pirie's Robert Stigwood went on to manage famous bands, films & stage musicals so we caught up with the author of his new biography that's just released.
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2.5KBooks & LiteratureAudiobook Review: The Happiest Refugee, by Anh Do
Anh Do narrates his autobiography, telling of his journey from fleeing Vietnam to seek asylum in Australia, to becoming one of the countries most loved comedians.
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1.0KBooks & LiteratureBook Review: The Fabulous Flying Mrs Miller, by Carol Baxter
A well-researched biography of Australian Jessie Maude Beveridge, AKA 'Chubbie', who, in 1928, set a record for the longest flight ever by a woman.
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689Film & TVFilm Review: Churchill
A biopic about Winston Churchill, who lead the UK through some of it's darkest times in modern history and who continues to divide historians.
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618Books & LiteratureBook Review: They Cannot Take the Sky: Stories from Detention, edited by M Green, et al
Twenty first-hand accounts of life by people who are or have been in detained Australia's immigration detention, adding humanity to the debate for both sides.
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1.3KFilm & TVSpanish Film Festival Review: The Tip of the Iceberg
A hard-nosed boss is sent to investigate why three staff members have suicided in recent months, and she uncovers the horrific true working conditions of her staff.
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993Film & TVFrench Film Festival Review: Monsieur Chocolat
The true story of Afro-Cuban performer Rafael who was the first black clown to play a lead role in a circus pantomime act.
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991Film & TVFilm Review: A Streetcat Named Bob
Based on the true story of a man down on his luck & struggling with addiction, who begins to turn his life around after meeting a street cat named Bob.
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613Film & TVFilm Review: Hidden Figures
The true story of three female mathematicians in 1961 who face racism and misogyny when they join the team trying to put an American into space.
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888Books & LiteratureBook Review: Trouble Tomorrow, by Dr Terry Whitebeach & Sarafino Enadio
Based on a true story, a 16yo Sudanese boy is forced to flee civil war, where he learns to put aside tribal conflicts to survive and eventually joins a revolutionary UN peace program in a Kenyan refugee camp.
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1.1KBooks & LiteratureAudiobook Review: Lion: A Long Way Home, by Saroo Brierley
The autobiography of Saroo Brierley, lost at age 5 in India and adopted by Australian parents. As a young adult, Saroo begins to piece together his fragmented memories to find his birth family.
