John Birmingham est un auteur renommé, connu pour ses travaux en science-fiction, en histoire alternative, en fiction criminelle et en non-fiction. Né en Grande-Bretagne et élevé en Australie, il a commencé sa carrière d'écrivain en contribuant à des journaux étudiants à l'Université du Queensland à Brisbane. Par la suite, il a commencé à écrire des articles pour Rolling Stone et l'édition australienne de Penthouse. Cependant, la reconnaissance la plus significative de Birmingham est venue de son mémoire, "He Died With a Felafel in His Hand", qui a ensuite été adapté en pièce de théâtre, en film et en roman graphique.
L'enfance de Birmingham à Ipswich, Queensland, et son éducation au St Edmunds Christian Brother's College et à l'Université du Queensland ont joué un rôle important dans la formation de sa carrière d'écrivain. Bien qu'il ait brièvement travaillé comme chercheur au Département de la Défense, il est rapidement retourné en Queensland pour étudier le droit, choisissant finalement de devenir écrivain à temps plein. Son seul véritable emploi à temps plein a servi d'inspiration pour son écriture, lui fournissant des expériences et des perspectives uniques qu'il a ensuite utilisées dans son travail.
Outre son écriture, Birmingham a vécu quelques expériences notables qui ont contribué à sa personnalité publique. Alors qu'il étudiait le droit, il a été l'un des derniers à être arrêté en vertu de la législation de l'État sur les manifestations de rue anti pour avoir affiché une feuille de papier avec les mots "Liberté d'expression" écrits en petits caractères. Cette expérience, ainsi que son diplôme en relations internationales, lui ont donné une perspective unique sur la politique et la société, qu'il intègre souvent dans son écriture.
Malgré son succès en tant qu'auteur, Birmingham maintient une personnalité publique modeste et autodérisoire. Il plaisante souvent sur son mode de vie, suggérant qu'il passe ses journées sur un hovercraft et finance son style de vie luxueux avec les ventes de ses livres. Cependant, son écriture parle d'elle-même, mettant en valeur son talent pour le récit et sa capacité à captiver les lecteurs avec sa voix et sa perspective uniques.
A Girl in Time Books
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A Girl in Time
2016
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The Golden Minute
2018
Axis Of Time Books
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Weapons of Choice
2004
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Designated Targets
2005
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Final Impact
2006
Axis of Time: Reloaded Books
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World War 3.1
2023
Axis Of Time: Stalin's Hammer Books
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Rome
2012
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Cairo
2016
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Paris
2016
Dave vs. The Monsters Books
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Emergence
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Resistance
2015
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Ascendance
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Soul Full of Guns
2016
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A Protocol for Monsters
2016
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The Demons of Butte Crack County
2017
Dave vs. The Monsters Series in Chronological Order
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Emergence
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A Protocol for Monsters
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Resistance
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Soul Full of Guns
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Ascendance
2015
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The Demons of Butte Crack County
2017
End of Days Books
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Zero Day Code
2021
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Fail State
2021
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American Kill Switch
2022
Short Blacks Books (with David Malouf, with Helen Garner, with)
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The Brave Ones
2015
Without Warning Books
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Without Warning
2009
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After America
2010
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Angels Of Vengeance
2012
The Cruel Stars Books
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The Cruel Stars
2019
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The Shattered Skies
2022
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The Forever Dead
2024
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The Javan War (With: Jason Lambright)
2024
Romans indépendants
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The Tasmanian Babes Fiasco
1996
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Sleeper Agent: An Audible Original
2021
Nouvelles / Novellas
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Here Be Monsters
2008
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A Captain of the Gate
2011
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Fortune and Glory
2018
Livres de non-fiction
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Our Time Is Now: Notes from the High School Underground
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He Died with a Felafel in His Hand
1994
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How to be a Man
1995
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Leviathan: The Unauthorised Biography of Sydney
1999
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Off One's Tits: Ill-Considered Rants And Raves from a Graceless Oaf Named John Birmingham
2002
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Dopeland; Taking The High Road Through Australia's Marijuana Culture
2003
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How to Be a Writer
2016
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Stranger Thingies: From Felafel to Now
2018
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The Seven Stages of Drinking Martinis.
2018
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On Father
2019
Short Blacks Books (with David Malouf, with Helen Garner, with Simon Leys)
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Regions of Thick-Ribbed Ice (By: Helen Garner)
2001
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Prosper: A Voyage at Sea (By: Simon Leys)
2015
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The One Day (By: David Malouf)
2015
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The Brave Ones
2015
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Cypherpunk Revolutionary: On Julian Assange (By: Robert Manne)
2015
Quarterly Essay Books
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Quarterly Essay 1 In Denial: The Stolen Generations and the Right (By: Robert Manne)
2001
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Appeasing Jakarta: Australia's Complicity in the East Timor Tragedy
2001
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Quarterly Essay 3 The Opportunist: John Howard and the Triumph of Reaction (By: Guy Rundle)
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Rabbit Syndrome: Australia and America (By: Don Watson)
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Beyond Belief: What Future for Labor? (By: John Button)
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Quarterly Essay 5 Girt By Sea: Australia, the Refugees and the Politics of Fear (By: Mungo MacCallum)
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Paradise Betrayed: West Papua's Struggle for Independence (By: John Martinkus)
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Groundswell: The Rise of the Greens (By: Amanda Lohrey)
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Beautiful Lies: Population and Environment In Australia (By: Tim Flannery)
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Bad Company: The Cult of the CEO (By: Gideon Haigh)
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Whitefella Jump Up: The Shortest Way To Nationhood (By: Germaine Greer)
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Made in England: Australia's British Inheritance (By: David Malouf)
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Sending Them Home: Refugees and the New Politics of Indifference; Quarterly Essay 13 (By: Robert Manne, David Corlett)
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Mission Impossible: The Sheikhs, the U.S. and the Future of Iraq (By: Paul McGeough)
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Quarterly Essay 16 Breach of Trust: Truth, Morality and Politics (By: Raimond Gaita)
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(By: John Hirst)
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The Worried Well: The Depression Epidemic and the Medicalisation of Our Sorrows (By: Gail Bell)
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Quarterly Essay 19 Relaxed and Comfortable: The Liberal Party's Australia (By: Judith Brett)
2005
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Quarterly Essay 20 A Time for War
2005
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What's Left?: The Death of Social Democracy (By: Clive Hamilton)
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Quarterly Essay 22 Voting for Jesus: Christianity and Politics in Australia (By: Amanda Lohrey)
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The History Question: Who Owns the Past?; Quarterly Essay 23 (By: Inga Clendinnen)
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His Master's Voice: The Corruption of Public Debate Under Howard (By: David Marr)
2007
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Bipolar Nation: How To Win the 2007 Election; Quarterly Essay 25 (By: Peter Hartcher)
2007
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Reaction Time: Climate Change and the Nuclear Option (By: Ian Lowe)
2007
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Exit Right: The Unravelling of John Howard (By: Ian Lowe)
2007
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Love & Money: The Family and the Free Market (By: Anne Manne)
2008
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Quarterly Essay 30 Last Drinks: The Impact of the Northern Territory Intervention (By: Paul Toohey)
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American Revolution: The Fall of Wall Street and the Rise of Barack Obama (By: Kate Jennings)
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Now or Never: A Sustainable Future for Australia? (By: Tim Flannery)
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Quarry Vision: Coal, Climate Change and the End of the Resources Boom; Quarterly Essay 33 (By: Guy Pearse)
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Quarterly Essay 35 Radical Hope: Education and Equality for Australia (By: Noel Pearson)
2009
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Australian Story: Kevin Rudd and the Lucky Country (By: Mungo MacCallum)
2009
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Quarterly Essay 37 What's Right?: The Future of Conservatism in Australia (By: Waleed Aly)
2010
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Power Trip: The Political Journey of Kevin Rudd (By: David Marr)
2010
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Quarterly Essay 39 Power Shift: Australia's Future between Washington and Beijing (By: Hugh White)
2010
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Trivial Pursuit: Leadership and the End of the Reform Era; Quarterly Essay 40 (By: George Megalogenis)
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Quarterly Essay 41 The Happy Life: The Search for Contentment in the Modern World (By: David Malouf)
2011
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Quarterly Essay 42 Fair Share: Country and City in Australia (By: Judith Brett)
2011
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Bad News: Murdoch's (By: Robert Manne)
2011
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Quarterly Essay 44 Man-Made World: Choosing Between Progress and Planet (By: Andrew Charlton)
2011
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Quarterly Essay 45 Us and Them: On the Importance of Animals (By: Anna Krien)
2012
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After The Future: Australia's New Extinction Crisis (By: Tim Flannery)
2012
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Quarterly Essay 49 Not Dead Yet: Labor's Post-Left Future (By: Mark Latham)
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Quarterly Essay 50 Unfinished Business: Sex, Freedom and Misogyny (By: Anna Goldsworthy)
2013
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Quarterly Essay 46 Great Expectations: Government, Entitlement and an Angry Nation (By: Laura Tingle)
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The Prince: Faith, Abuse and George Pell (By: David Marr)
2013
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Quarterly Essay 52 Found in Translation: In Praise of a Plural World (By: Linda Jaivin)
2013
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Quarterly Essay 53 That Sinking Feeling: Asylum Seekers and the Search for the Indonesian Solution (By: Paul Toohey)
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Dragon's Tail: The Lucky Country after the China Boom (By: Andrew Charlton)
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Quarterly Essay 55 A Rightful Place: Race, Recognition and a More Complete Commonwealth (By: Noel Pearson)
2014
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Clivosaurus: The Politics of Clive Palmer (By: Guy Rundle)
2014
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Quarterly Essay 57 Dear Life: On Caring for the Elderly (By: Karen Hitchcock)
2015
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Blood Year: Terror and the Islamic State (By: David Kilcullen)
2015
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Faction Man: Bill Shorten's Path to Power (By: David Marr)
2015
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Political Amnesia: How We Forgot How to Govern (By: Laura Tingle)
2015
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Balancing Act: Australia Between Recession and Renewal (By: George Megalogenis)
2016
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Stop at Nothing: The Life and Adventures of Malcolm Turnbull (By: Annabel Crabb)
2016
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Firing Line: Australia's Path to War (By: James Brown)
2016
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Quarterly Essay 63 Enemy Within: American Politics in the Time of Trump (By: Don Watson)
2016
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The Australian Dream: Blood, History and Becoming (By: Stan Grant)
2016
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The White Queen: One Nation and the Politics of Race (By: David Marr)
2017
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The Long Goodbye: Coal, Coral and Australia's Climate Deadlock (By: Anna Krien)
2017
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Moral Panic 101: Equality, Acceptance and the Safe Schools Scandal (By: Benjamin Law)
2017
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Without America: Australia in the New Asia (By: Hugh White)
2017
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Moment of Truth: History and Australia's Future (By: Mark McKenna)
2018
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Dead Right: How Neoliberalism Ate Itself and What Comes Next (By: Richard Denniss)
2018
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Follow the Leader: Democracy and the Rise of the Strongman (By: Laura Tingle)
2018
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Net Loss: The Inner Life in the Digital Age (By: Sebastian Smee)
2018
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Quarterly Essay 73 Australia Fair: Listening to the Nation (By: Rebecca Huntley)
2019
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The Prosperity Gospel: How Scott Morrison won and Bill Shorten lost (By: Erik Jensen)
2019
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Quarterly Essay 75 Men at Work: Australia's Parenthood Trap (By: Annabel Crabb)
2019
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Red Flag: Waking Up to China's Challenge (By: Peter Hartcher)
2019
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Cry Me a River: The Tragedy of the Murray-Darling Basin; Quarterly Essay 77 (By: Margaret Simons)
2020
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The Coal Curse: Resources, Climate and Australia's Future (By: Judith Brett)
2020
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The End of Certainty: Scott Morrison and Pandemic Politics (By: Katharine Murphy)
2020
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The High Road: What Australia can learn from New Zealand (By: Laura Tingle)
2020
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Getting to Zero: Australia's Energy Transition (By: Colin James, Frank Bongiorno, Shireen Morris, John Quiggin, frank test, Laura Tingle, Alan Finkel, Alan Atkinson, Bain Attwood, Tim Hazledine, Miranda Johnson, Ben McKay, Hugh Riminton, Don Russell)
2021
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Exit Strategy: Politics After the Pandemic (By: George Megalogenis)
2021
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Top Blokes: The Larrikin Myth, Class and Power (By: Lech Blaine)
2021
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The Reckoning: How #MeToo is Changing Australia (By: Jess Hill)
2021
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Not Waving, Drowning: Mental Illness and Vulnerability in Australia (By: Sarah Krasnostein)
2022
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Sleepwalk to War: Australia’s Unthinking Alliance with America (By: Hugh White)
2022
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Uncivil Wars: How Contempt Is Corroding Democracy (By: Waleed Aly, Scott Stephens)
2022
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Lone Wolf: Albanese and the New Politics (By: Katharine Murphy)
2022
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Quarterly Essay 89 The Wires That Bind: Electrification and Community Renewal (By: Saul Griffith)
2023
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Voice of Reason: On Recognition and Renewal (By: Megan Davis)
2023
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Lifeboat: Disability, Humanity and the NDIS (By: Micheline Lee)
2023
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The Great Divide: Australia's Housing Mess and How to Fix It (By: Alan Kohler)
2023
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Bad Cop: Peter Dutton's Strongman Politics (By: Stephen Smith)
2024
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Highway to Hell: Climate Change and Australia's Future (By: Joëlle Gergis)
2024
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High Noon: Trump, Harris and America on the Brink; Quarterly Essay 95 (By: Don Watson)
2024
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Minority Report: The New Shape of Australian Politics (By: George Megalogenis)
2024
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Losing It: Can we stop violence against women and children?; Quarterly Essay 97 (By: Jess Hill)