Is James Joyce’s grandson suppressing scholarship?
Sunday, July 09, 2006
Saturday, July 08, 2006
The story continues ...
From AustLit
The Story Continues...AustLit's April/May Newsletter reported on a perceived takeover in the writing and transmission of Australian history. ('Move Over History Wars – the Novelists are on Their Way')
Led by historian and writer Mark McKenna, the argument ran that, in part because of recent disputes between Australian historians, 'writers of fiction are now more commonly seen as the most trustworthy purveyors of the past.'
McKenna's fears will not be allayed, therefore, by Allen & Unwin's announcement that it plans to publish a three-volume 'People's History of Australia' to be written by Thomas Keneally. Keneally says that he 'will aim to cast a new lens over Australia and its people, so that you can see it in unexpected lights.'
He hopes his work will surprise his readers and that they will be 'hearing from people they have never heard from before.'
According to Allen & Unwin Chairman, Patrick Gallagher, '[n]o writer can better capture the essence of the Australian people than Tom Keneally ... we're all looking forward to publishing a series that will be of lasting importance to all Australians.'
The first volume in the set is due for release in late 2008. (Allen & Unwin media release, April 2006)
Australian history, communication
Thursday, July 06, 2006
Public Speaking skills
Overcomethe fear of public speaking and polish your presentation skills.
For tips, articles and links to useful information, visit Pivotal Public Speaking
public speaking, presentations, communication
Tuesday, July 04, 2006
ABC to launch new book club programme
ABC Television will soon launch the First Tuesday Book Club hosted by journalist and publisher Jennifer Byrne.
A panel of book lovers and book clubbers will join Byrne to 'consider titles from all genres including fiction, non-fiction, biography, thriller, romance and history.'
ABC Television's Head of Arts and Entertainment, Courtney Gibson, said, '[t]his will be a book-obsessed beast of a show where viewers can get involved by reading the book beforehand and participating in on-line discussion forums.'
Jennifer Byrne, who hosted the ABC's one-off special My Favourite Book in December 2004, says, '[f]or a book addict like myself, this is like rolling in clover ... Our book club will hunt out the best and liveliest of the new [and] the most memorable of the old.' (ABC Television media release, 15 May 2006)
First Tuesday Book Club is currently in production and will be screened for the first time on 1 August 2006. It will continue to air, as its name suggests, on the first Tuesday of each month.
book clubs, booksSunday, July 02, 2006
Conversation : A History of a Declining Art (Hardcover) by Stephen Miller
Stephen Miller gives us a celebration and elegy for the art of conversation. His work at once enlightens and saddens me, two effects that fuse into one."-Harold Bloom
Miller traces the history of conversation from Aristotle to the present day, focussing particularly on the eighteenth century. For him, the Paris salons where Diderot opined and the London coffeehouses where Dr. Johnson imbibed between aphorisms represent conversation's apogee. In America, he feels, it fared less well, even before the contemporary menace posed by the Internet, iPods, and the polarization of the political sphere. Thoreau dismissed conversation as a waste of time, and Melville thought it was a tool of con men. Miller defines conversation as the act of speaking with others without any objective other than enjoyment and exchange, and there is something conversational about his own style, which tends toward anecdote and ignores theoretical approaches that could have enriched his argument. Copyright © 2006 The New Yorker
More reviews at Amazon where it is selling from $17.42 books, conversation,Saturday, July 01, 2006
Edublog simile generator
from David Davies who writes ...
" ... So anyhoo in order to help budding edubloggers I’ve created a little edugeek simile generator which may even help you come up with ideas for your post titles..."
education,blogging, communication,
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