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Recollections Of A Bleeding Heart
''Recollections of a Bleeding Heart: A Portrait of Paul Keating PM'' is a non-fiction political book, by Don Watson. It won The Age Book of the Year. It is his account of the prime ministership of Australia of Paul Keating Paul John Keating (born 18 January 1944) is an Australian former politician and unionist who served as the 24th prime minister of Australia from 1991 to 1996, holding office as the leader of the Australian Labor Party (ALP). He previously ser ....http://www.randomhouse.com.au/Books/RECOLLECTIONS-OF-A-BLEEDING-HEART/9781741668278/Paperback/ Reviews"Review of Don Watson, ''Recollections of a Bleeding Heart: A Portrait of Paul Keating PM''." ''Australian Journal of Political Science'', September 2002 * * Bibliography *''Recollections of a bleeding heart: a portrait of Paul Keating PM'', Knopf, 2002, ; Random House Australia, 2008, References External links *http://www.jewishaustralia.com/donwatsonbook.htm {{DEFAULTSORT:Recollections of a Bleeding Hear ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Don Watson
Don Watson (born 1949) is an Australian author, screenwriter, former political adviser, and speechwriter. Early life Watson was born in 1949 at Warragul in the Gippsland region of Victoria, and grew up on a farm in nearby Korumburra. Academia and early career Watson studied for his undergraduate degree at La Trobe University and latterly completed PhD at Monash University before spending ten years working as an academic historian. He wrote three books on Australian history before turning his hand to TV and the stage. For several years he combined writing political satire for the actor Max Gillies with political speeches for the then Premier of Victoria, John Cain. In 1992, he became Prime Minister of Australia Paul Keating's speech-writer and adviser. Screenwriting In addition to regular books, articles and essays, in recent years he has also written feature films, including ''The Man Who Sued God'', starring Billy Connolly and Judy Davis, and '' Passion'', a film abo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Age Book Of The Year
''The Age'' Book of the Year Awards were annual literary awards presented by Melbourne's ''The Age'' newspaper. The awards were first presented in 1974. After 1998, they were presented as part of the Melbourne Writers Festival. Initially, two awards were given, one for fiction (or imaginative writing), the other for non-fiction work, but in 1993, a poetry award in honour of Dinny O'Hearn was added.Wilde et al. (1994) p. 23 The criteria were that the works be "of outstanding literary merit and express Australian identity or character", and be published in the year before the award was made. One of the award-winners was chosen as The Age Book of the Year. The awards were discontinued in 2013. In 2021 The Age Book of the Year was revived as a fiction prize, with the winner announced at the Melbourne Writers Festival. ''The Age'' Book of the Year (Years link to corresponding " earin literature" or " earin Australian literature" articles.) *2021: ''The Rain Heron'' by Robbie Arnott *20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Keating
Paul John Keating (born 18 January 1944) is an Australian former politician and unionist who served as the 24th prime minister of Australia from 1991 to 1996, holding office as the leader of the Australian Labor Party (ALP). He previously served as treasurer of Australia in the Hawke government from 1983 to 1991 and as deputy prime minister of Australia from 1990 to 1991. Keating was born in Sydney and left school at the age of 14. He joined the Labor Party at the same age, serving a term as State President of Young Labor and working as a research assistant for a trade union. He was elected to the Australian House of Representatives at the age of 25, winning the division of Blaxland at the 1969 election. Keating briefly served as Minister for Northern Australia from October to November 1975, in the final weeks of the Whitlam government. After the Dismissal removed Labor from power, he held senior portfolios in the Shadow Cabinets of Gough Whitlam and Bill Hayden. Duri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
