Asian-Australians have often been written about by outsiders, as outsiders. In this collection, compiled by award-winning author Alice Pung, they tell their own stories with verve, courage and a large dose of humour. These are not predictable tales of foo
Early in September 2012, commentator Alan Jones, responding to a comment by Prime Minister Julia Gillard, said: ‘[Gillard] said that “We know societies only reach their full potential if women are politically participating”. Women are destroying the
What dark gastronomic slip does Annabel Crabb have to confess to an unsuspecting guest?How did Mary Anderson change the life of Frank Woodley – despite the fact the two of them have never met?How did a plate of steak teach Missy Higgins a firm lesson ab
Beyond the killing fields and the temples of Angkor is Cambodia: a country with a genocidal past and a wide, open smile. A frontier land where anything is possible - at least for the tourists.In Holiday in Cambodia Laura Jean McKay explores the electric z
She ached for him. She longed for him. She missed the way he made her feel and how funny and smart and sexy she felt with him. And young. She missed the version of herself that she had left behind.At thirty-eight, Lizzie Quealy thinks she has things sorte
It’s a shy word, a timid little word that begs to remain unnoticed. Only three letters long, and it begins with an exhortation to silence. Shhh. There’s no authority in it, no control. It’s a blushing, hunching word; a nervous, knock-kneed, wallflow
An accessible history of heaven from the earliest scriptural conceptions of the afterlife to theologians to the convictions & perceptions of everyday people. Drawing on history & popular culture, textual research & everyday beliefs, Heaven off
