by Rachel Franks | Dec 4, 2020 | Book Reviews
Amanda Laugesen, Rooted: An Australian History of Bad Language NewSouth Publishers, 2020, 314 pp. ISBN: 9781742236636, p/bk, AUD$32.99 ‘Oh, that book is for Rachel.’ It was a statement. A bit like ‘it’s started to rain’ or ‘it’s time to...
by Rachel Franks | Nov 25, 2020 | Blog
Any event that involves a large number of people, no matter how carefully planned, carries a risk of something going wrong. People run late. People turn up who you were not expecting. Very occasionally, someone starts a brawl. Listen to Rachel and Jess on 2SER here...
by Rachel Franks | Nov 20, 2020 | Book Reviews
Meredith Lake, The Bible in Australia: A cultural history, updated edition NewSouth Publishers, 2020, 518 pp. ISBN: 9781742237213, p/bk, AUS$32.99 Meredith Lake’s The Bible in Australia: A Cultural History is now available in a second edition. When I first reviewed...
by Rachel Franks | Sep 30, 2020 | Blog, Entries
On 23 November 1789, Ann Davis became the first woman hanged in New South Wales. Listen to Rachel and Alex on 2SER here Davis was, as we would say today, ‘known to police’. In England, Davis (also known as Judith Jones) had been indicted in April 1786 for feloniously...
by Rachel Franks | Sep 21, 2020 | Book Reviews
Janet Lee, Fallen Among Reformers: Miles Franklin, Modernity, and the New Woman Sydney University Press, June 2020, 168 pp. (plus works cited and index), ISBN: 9781743326886, p/bk, AUS$45.00 In a new full-length work on Miles Franklin (1879–1954), Janet Lee, Professor...
