Laughing in the face of adversity
There’s a refreshing humbleness and self-effacing air about Yassmin Abdel-Magied’s upbeat, effortlessly inspiring memoir.
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Indian women demand agency in a paternalistic society
Walking Towards Ourselves demands agency for Indian women to drive social change.
What it means to be Vietnamese in Australia
Recognising one’s cultural heritage and discovering the contemporary Vietnamese identity are the two focal points of the ‘Vietnamese in Australia’ exhibition.
Exploring casual racism through racial stereotyping
Lindsay Tanner’s fiction novel, Comfort Zone, focuses on issues of race and discrimination but suffers from it’s privileged perspective.
The necessary history lesson for Australia’s future
With a remarkably measured tone, Stan Grant powerfully addresses his own history and that of Australia, with lessons for the future.
The collapse of counter-terrorism
David Kilcullen’s Blood Year provides an insider’s perspective on the critical failings of the War or Terror, writers Samaya Borom.
Insight into a regime that punishes dissidents and women alike
Part love story, part dissident’s tale, Raif Badawi: The Voice of Freedom examines the limitations on freedom in Saudi Arabia and provides rare insight into the stultifying lives of women there, writes Donna Lu.
Why shorebirds in the Immigration Museum?
A coastline can be a conduit as much as a barrier, and not just for human migration – as the Flyway Print Exchange exhibition makes clear, writes Harry Saddler.
Interrogating what it means to be Australian
Identity: Yours, Mine, Ours acknowledges that no two of us experience the same stories in today’s diverse Australia, writes Mabel Kwong.
Osamah Sami tackles the refugee experience with humour and gusto
Good Muslim Boy by Osamah Sami is a well-written and entertaining memoir of one man’s journey from Iran to Australia, writes Samaya Borom.
A framework for understanding resurgence of anti-Semitism
Anti-Semitism explores issues such as self-identity, historical revisionism and religiopolitical homogenisation in an easy and elucidating manner, writes Samaya Borom.
I’m Not Racist, But…
Racism and its surrounding issues can be confronting and overwhelming but it is books like I’m Not Racist, But…Forty Years of the Racial Discrimination Act that help make it easier, writes Samantha Jones.