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Pastures of the Blue Crane by Hesba Fay BrinsmeadWhat a great idea to reissue this book, a favourite of many when first published in 1964, and one of the first CBCA winners with a teenager as the main character.Published 2 February, 2007 
What a great idea to reissue this book, a favourite of many when first published in 1964, and one of the first CBCA winners with a teenager as the main character. This generously designed edition (but without the line drawings of the original) will have two markets: 10- to 14-year-olds, and baby-boomers who remember it fondly. The powerful evocation of place (the lush coastal NSW/Queensland border) has stood the test of time; so has the engaging writing style, and the enjoyment of tracing the progress of Ryl, the reserved and snobbish teenager who adapts to the challenges of her new rural life. From boarding school she travels to the run-down banana plantation and dairy she has inherited in a half-share with her grandfather, shabby but reliable Dusty. Friends teach her to surf and drive, she renovates the old house, plans a career and finds self-realisation. Some vocabulary is dated-‘gay’ for ‘colourful’. More importantly, as clarified in Clare Bradford’s foreword, the treatment of the theme of race relations, progressive for the 60s, can now be seen as anglocentric. The attractive Perry, with his ‘feckless’ Kanaka relatives, plays a pivotal role in Ryl’s life but the reader is never entrusted with his view of events. Robin Morrow is a freelance children’s literature consultant and ex-bookseller This review from Australian Bookseller & Publisher magazine is reproduced by kind permission of Thorpe-Bowker, a division of R R Bowker LLC. © Copyright 2008, Thorpe-Bowker More from Biography and Autobiography Reviews
A book to appeal to animal lovers, Stanley and Sophie is about one woman’s journey after the death of her husband and the two dogs that join her along the way. Australian-born Kate Jennings, the author, lives in New York and after her husband dies, she ends up giving a terrier called Stanley a home.18 March, 2008 
In April, HarperCollins will release Stella Miles Franklin: A Biography, by Jill Roe. Roe, who was recently named an Officer of the Order of Australia17 March, 2008 
Australian Paula Constant has written a lifeaffirming, positive, inspiring and informative narrative of her emotional and physical journey to give up a teaching job in London and walk for three years with her husband23 February, 2008 
This is the inspiring and uplifting story of the determination, dedication and sacrifice of a mother, and her unwavering quest to help her 12-year-old son, Jonathan, after he was hit by a car and left brain-damaged.23 February, 2008 
Weiss is marriage-less, childless and of Czech origin, so decides to abandon her life in Sydney and spend a year in Prague. She goes because there is nothing to stop her, but finds it isn’t as easy as she first thought.23 February, 2008 
David Stratton is a big name in cinema in Australia. As co-presenter of film review shows on the ABC and SBS, and with regular columns in The Australian, Stratton’s position as a first-grade reviewer is undeniable.23 February, 2008 
South Africa was a tumultuous place at the end of apartheid. As a community aid worker in the townships, Sydneysider Sandy Blackburn-Wright was uniquely placed to observe the effects and after effects of apartheid and its demise.23 February, 2008 
Howard Hughes was a man of huge ambitions: a perfectionist who directed the most expensive movie ever made; a mogul who bedded dozens of starlets; a pioneering aviator who insisted on test-piloting his own planes23 February, 2008
What a great idea to reissue this book, a favourite of many when first published in 1964, and one of the first CBCA winners with a teenager as the main character.2 February, 2007 
Zab Judah had a big mouth. And when he opened it, he couldn't help himself. Self-effacement wasn't a word in his vocabulary. But self-importance and self-promotion certainly were.2 February, 2007 |
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