Books, Books, Books

When popular broadcaster Indira Naidoo lost her youngest sister to suicide she was plunged into a darkness like no other. Heartbroken and wracked with grief and guilt, her immediate response upon hearing the news was to flee to Sydney’s Botanic Gardens and seek solace between a towering Moreton Bay tree that she came to think of as her own.

“The Space Between the Stars” is her achingly beautiful account of how that tree and a rediscovery of many other aspects  of nature – from birds to weeds to stars to  puddles - enabled her draw on her reserves of resilience, to heal and to find joy once again.

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Nicole Abadee

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Indira Naidoo

Murdoch Books "The Space Between the Stars": https://www.murdochbooks.com.au/browse/books/other-books/The-Space-Between-the-Stars-Indira-Naidoo-9781922351616

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In her sixteenth novel, Violeta,  Isabel Allende has created an unforgettable heroine much like herself – fiercely independent, funny, passionate, devoted to her children and a powerful advocate for women’s rights and feminism. Like her other books, Violeta is a brilliant blend of the personal with the political – Violeta’s almost-one hundred years of life are book-ended by two pandemics – the Spanish Flu and Covid – and her life is shaped by the tumultuous events of the twentieth century – especially World War Two and the huge political upheaval in Latin America in the 1970s and 1980s.

In this rich conversation Isabel discusses love, passion, growing old and politics – in particular, how feminists in America can retain hope and keep up the fight in the face of the Supreme Court’s recent decision to overturn Roe v Wade. 

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Nicole Abadee

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Isabel Allende "Violeta"

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Penguin Random House "Violeta" https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/690612/violeta-english-edition-by-isabel-allende/

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In her latest book, “Self, Others and the State – Relations of Criminal Responsibility”, Professor Loughnan reassesses the rise to prominence of criminal responsibility within the Australian criminal law in the twentieth century and reconsiders its significance within the criminal law. In this episode Nicole and Professor Loughnan discuss the central thesis of her book – that criminal responsibility is significant because of the unique role it plays in organising key sets of relations – between individuals, other and the state – as relations of responsibility. To illustrate her argument, they talk about “the gendered self”,  focusing on women’s responsibility for crime, the offence of consorting and government responses to allegations of institutional child abuse.

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Nicole Abadee

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University of Sydney Law School

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What might a reckoning between Black and white Australia look like? Many of the brilliant contributors to Griffith Review 76, “Acts of Reckoning”, such as Professor Megan Davis, leading scholar Teela Reid and Senator Patrick Dodson, argue that it starts with all of us embracing the generous invitation from Indigenous people in the Uluru Statement From the Heart to walk together towards a better future, one that begins with a constitutionally enshrined Voice to Parliament, then moves towards Treaty and Truth-telling.

Others write powerfully about the need for fundamental changes to the criminal justice system which incarcerates so many young Indigenous people, and the importance of owning our violent past. In this conversation  Ashley Hay speaks with power and conviction of what we can all do to make change happen.

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Nicole Abadee

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Griffith Review Issue # 75 "Learning Curves"

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Nicole Abadee talks to Pulitzer Prize winning novelist, Jennifer Egan, about her exciting new book "The Candy House." 

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Nicole Abadee

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Jennifer Egan

Website: https://jenniferegan.com

Simon & Schuster "The Candy House": https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Candy-House/Jennifer-Egan/9781476716763

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Emily and Nicole discuss how non-binding instruments or ‘soft law’ have been received in international humanitarian law by looking at specific examples, such as the ICRC Study into Customary International Humanitarian Law. Have they been adopted in state practice? Are they referred to by international and national courts and tribunals? They consider potential benefits, such as their potential to contribute in a positive way to the development and clarification of the law, but also the possible pitfalls – lack of accountability and transparency and bias.  And what legal status, if any, do they have?

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Nicole Abadee

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University of Sydney Law School

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Nicole speaks to Kate Grenville about forming the "Writers for Climate Action" group, where she brings writers passionate about acting against climate change, together in a single space to fight the biggest challenge of our time and threat to our future. 

"we've joined forces to act as a group because we believe that climate change is a threat to the future of our world. Individually we write about that world in our books. Now we want to use our collective voice to push back against the threat to it." 

If you are a writer who would like to join Writers for Climate Action go to https://www.writersforclimateaction.com.

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Nicole Abadee

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Kate Grenville

Website: https://kategrenville.com.au/short-pieces/artists-and-climate-change/

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Books, Books, Books is proud to present "Comrade in Words" a session from Adelaide Writer's Week where Nicole facilitated a conversation between Charlotte Wood and Christos Tsiolkas about their latest works, friendship, how they function as artists, and the challenges of living a creative life. 

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Nicole Abadee

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Adelaide Festival 

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“When women speak of war they say nothing or almost nothing of what we are used to reading and hearing about”.

These words, by Nobel-Prize-winning writer Svetlana Alexievich inspired acclaimed writer and cultural historian Maria Tumarkin to create an extraordinary multi-disciplinary event called “When Women Speak of War: Artists reckon With Wars Declared and Hidden”, which will have its world premiere on Thursday 28 April at the National Theatre in Melbourne. The performance will feature Ukrainian-born writers, musicians and performers alongside a diverse line-up of brilliant artists.

The aim, Maria says, is “To stir up, honour, cliché-bust and transport.” Conceived before the war in Ukraine as part of the Festival of Jewish Art and Music (FOJAM) to mark Holocaust Remembrance Day, the performance takes on particular resonance in light of the war in Maria’s beloved homeland. Part of the proceeds of ticket sales will go to the Ukrainian Humanitarian Relief Fund.

There are still ticket available, or you can sign up to watch online – here is the link https://www.fojam.com/

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Nicole Abadee

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Festival of Jewish Art and Music (FOJAM)

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Maria Tumarkin

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Nicole talks to Griffith Review Editor, Ashley Hay, about he incredible works and writers in Griffith Review issue #75 - Learning Curves, all about education. 

"From preschool to postgrad, from private to public, and from sandstone to the school of life, what do the parameters of our educational experiences add up to? What does a good education look like in a country with an increasingly segregated school system, public funding for private institutions, and a tertiary sector that’s facing an uncertain financial and philosophical future?"

Featuring new work by Raewyn Connell, Bri Lee, Andrew Leigh, Melanie Myers, Pasi Sahlberg, Gabbie Stroudand Miriam Sved, among many others.

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Nicole Abadee

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Griffith Review Issue # 75 "Learning Curves"

Website: https://www.griffithreview.com/editions/escape-routes/

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Twitter: @GriffithReview

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