The Lost Mother, now in paperback

Just in time for Mother’s Day, the paperback edition. With a new chapter.  And a list of the addresses of the key places in the book (people have been visiting them!) and lots of quotes from nice reviews of the book from when it first appeared.  With the same beautiful cover as the hardcopy.  Price: [...]

April 30th, 2010 | Category: art, artists, writers | 6 comments

The sad saga of a hypersexualised culture’s impact on girls and young women

Read my review of Natasha Walter’s book Living Dolls: The Return of Sexism in today’s Australian

April 24th, 2010 | Tags: , , , , | Category: feminism, raunch culture, women | Leave a comment

We need to talk about America

Read my article in today’s Sydney Morning Herald about the fault line in America today, a forerunner to a session I will be chairing at the Sydney Writer’s Festival at Sydney Town Hall on Saturday May 22 at 5.30 pm.  For further information and bookings go to www.swf.org.au

April 17th, 2010 | Category: Barack Obama, climate change, environment, US health care system, US politics | 2 comments

Tony Abbott fancies himself as Winston Churhcill

The Federal Opposition leader has also had a change of heart about mothers in the workforce.  Read my article in today’s Sydney Morning Herald

April 2nd, 2010 | Category: federal politics, maternity leave, Nobel Prize, paid parental leave, Tony Abbott, women's employment | Leave a comment

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