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Words + music

For me, music is still the food of life and books remain the great reservoir of imagination and insight, ie the good stuff for us all to draw on. I'm not listening or reading as much as I'd like but here’s a sample.

BOOKS

  • The Lost Boys, Sam de Brito
  • A Fraction of the Whole, Steve Toltz
  • The Bookseller of Kabul, Asne Seierstad
  • Raindance: Australia's longest summer, A C Flanagan
  • The Natural Advantage of Nations, Karlson Hargroves and Michael H Smith
  • Other Country, Stephen Scourfield
  • Silencing Dissent, Clive Hamilton and Sarah Maddison
  • Harpoon: Into the Heart of Whaling, Andrew Darby
  • Griffith Review, quarterly publicaton from Griffith University
  • Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Fourth Assessment Report, www.ipcc.ch
  • Any Human Heart, William Boyd
  • The Audacity of Hope, Barack Obama
  • March, Geraldine Brooks
  • The Big Fix, Ian Lowe

CDs

  • Tyrone Noonan, I Believe
  • The Millionaires, Sentimental Horses
  • Perry Keyes, The Last Ghost Train Home
  • Josh Pyke, Memories & Dust
  • John Butler Trio, Grand National
  • Something For Kate, California
LINKS