For those with a literary bent, with legal training, interested in censorship or with a James Joyce obsession, this book about the American trials in which Ulysses was alleged to be pornographic is an engaging and enlightening read. Continue reading
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Killurin to Kalgoorlie: the making of Hugh Mahon
The Honourable Hugh Mahon is one of the most interesting personalities in the national legislature. There has been more stirring incident in his career than in a dozen ordinary men’s lives. Continue reading
Book Launch at MISS
Hugh Mahon has the dubious distinction of being the only member expelled from the federal parliament Continue reading
Henry Lawson’s Irish Characters
Lawson used Irish characters in his multicultural cast as a literary device, in the main a comic one Continue reading
An Extraordinary Family
let us look at a family that truly deserves the word ‘extraordinary’ Continue reading
Golden Boy of Australian Boxing.
Darcy’s body was embalmed and brought back to Australia to a hero’s reception from the Australian people Continue reading
Deargdhúil: Anatomy of Passion: Poems of Máire Mhac an tSaoi
This riveting documentary explores the life, work and sensual poetic imagination of Máire Mhac an tSaoi, one of Ireland’s greatest living poets. Continue reading
Casey, you’re the divil
In the eyes of many he ‘fell from grace’, but he maintained a silent dignity to his grave. Continue reading
Sisters of the Revolutionaries: The Story of Margaret and Mary Brigid Pearse.
The Story of Margaret and Mary Brigid Pearse Continue reading
Graves of Irish Writers
Planning a visit to the graves of Irish writers Continue reading
