We’ve invited Walter Marsh, author and journalist, to speak at our next #StoriesFromTheStacks session to talk about the story of a young Rupert Murdoch.
#libraries #slsa #StateLibrarySA #stories #WatchLive #WatchOnDemand #StoriesLive
slsa.sa.gov.au/events/young-r…

I spent 18 months visiting disaster zones, hanging out with hell raisers and learning about the Australian oil and gas industry.

Now I can finally share the cover of my latest book -- it's looking pretty... slick.

It's out 1 August -- find more here: slickthebook.com.au

‘I want to be a Clifty’: Charmian Clift’s unfinished last novel finally gets its moment theguardian.com/books/2024/apr…

‘We’ve had one fight in 15 years’: is the Grace Emily hotel Australia’s best music venue? dlvr.it/T4Wlv1

Life after a traumatic brain injury: ‘It took me over a year to find out I had an accident’ dlvr.it/T4WmyC

Hannah Gadsby on culture wars, pot-stirring and Picasso: ‘I created that circus. I don’t need to watch it’ dlvr.it/T3YBPd

Laurie Anderson on making an AI chatbot of Lou Reed: ‘I’m totally, 100%, sadly addicted’ theguardian.com/music/2024/feb…

The Australian #media is in a state of perpetual transformation. This will be a cracker of a panel session at #ManlyWF24 , hosted by @michaelwestbiz with Tracey Kirkland Walter Marsh Gavin Fang & Michael Gawenda. buff.ly/3vUEKEt

Tonight on the Best of LNL Phillip Adams talks to Walter Marsh about Rupert Murdoch - when he was a young lefty. And how that changed.

I’ll allow it

Together with State Library of South Australia we're thrilled to announce the winning recipients of the inaugural SA Literary Fellowships, congrats all! 🎉

First Nations Fellowship: Karen Wyld
Mid-Career: Katerina Bryant & Walter Marsh
Emerging: Gemma Parker & Sarah Pearce
writerssa.org.au/2023/announcin…

‘I’m not a lesbian. I’m Isla Roberts’: the 38-year love story that defies labels dlvr.it/SyNqvY

Get a sneak peek of our 2024 program 😍 We're excited to share a first look at our lineup (more names to come!), a message from Louise Adler & a few special events - including one with Mary Beard, Anne Enright, Jane Smiley & Elizabeth Strout. More info: adelaidefestival.com.au/writers-week/

Paul McCartney’s Australian comeback tour awash with love, Lennon tributes and Beatles medleys dlvr.it/Sxddv8

‘It beats working’: Paul McCartney reflects on songwriting, John Lennon, and success on eve of Australian tour theguardian.com/music/2023/oct…

‘I see myself as a royal’: artist Vincent Namatjira on colonialism, satire and his great-grandfather’s legacy - great profile from ⁦Walter Marsh⁩ theguardian.com/artanddesign/2…

Happy October publication day to these four incredible new titles!

GUNFLOWER by Laura Jean McKay #CEASEFIRE, SISTERS IN ARMS by #ShidaBazyar , YOU'RE ALL TALK by Rob Drummond, and YOUNG RUPERT by Walter Marsh 📚
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Australian journalist Walter Marsh traces the beginning of Rupert Murdoch's media empire, and the surprising socialist politics of his adolescence, in 'Young Rupert' (Scribe Publications). Our review: buff.ly/3EOiXjb

My take on the last few days (and the last 70 years) Guardian Australia

The Murdoch story is the endless pursuit of control, power and profit – Rupert's resignation is unlikely to change that | Walter Marsh theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

This week on This Week:

Walter Marsh on what’s next for the Murdoch family.

Prof. Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick chats about the hot El Niño summer ahead

& Daniel Mercer discusses why petrol prices are so high again.

Listen here: abclisten.page.link/CJYA9iZkEFD8o6… or on 📻 this morning.