Sunshine Coast Hinterland Times

What makes YOU tick?

SOCIAL RESEARCHER Hugh Mackay claims that we all say one thing and do another, and we do the very things we criticise others for doing. We humans are nothing if not confused and contradictory. Nevertheless, we are all propelled by ten basic desires, claims Mackay in his new book, What Makes us Tick? Perhaps surprisingly, sex [...]

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Seeking Stephanie Dowrick

Internationally acclaimed author Stephanie Dowrick visits Maleny on Tuesday November 23 for an in-depth conversation about her new book, Seeking the Sacred at the Maleny Community Centre. Stephanie will converse with award-winning Hinterland novelist Steven Lang who is being funded through Arts Queensland to stage eight Outspoken conversations with famous authors over the next year. Stephen will [...]

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Never Say Di … Di Fingleton’s fight for her reputation and her life

Diane Fingleton, the first female Chief Magistrate in Queensland’s judicial history, was also the first Australian Chief Magistrate to be sentenced to prison. She was charged under a criminal code in a disagreement over conditions of employment. APPOINTED Chief Magistrate in 1999, Diane Fingleton set about managing the issues of law in Queensland and the many [...]

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Punch & Judy

In this extract from Mungo MacCallum’s new book, the author reviews the political ‘biff’ that was Election 2010. THURSDAY 24 June 2010 was a red-letter day for Australia, and we’re not just talking about hair. Indeed, Julia Eileen Gillard may not even be the country’s first ranga prime minister; since all the old ones appear only [...]

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50 Years of Rotary in Maleny

Don Boadle of Charles Sturt University reviews the history of Maleny’s Rotary Club researched and written by Jack Wilcox. (Contact Maleny Rotary Club for copies of the book Ph: 54 94 3677) JACK WILCOX has written an engaging, generously illustrated, and handsomely produced history of the first fifty years of Rotary in Maleny. In the absence of significant quantities [...]

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Fiction : June Godkin – Moving Forward …?

I DO SO WANT this job. But I don’t like the look of the interviewing panel. The woman on the right, with Mrs Blair on a card in front of her, her mouth turns down at the corners, and she’s gazing through me at something behind my head. Then there’s Jones, on the left. He [...]

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Book Bites with Anne Brown of ROSETTA BOOKS

MIRROR – JEANNIE BAKER This innovative picture book is comprised of two stories designed to be read  simultaneously – one from the left & one from the right. Page by page, we experience a day in the lives of two boys – one from inner city Sydney and the other from a small village in Morocco. These [...]

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From Little Things… new books grow

Following the success of the children’s picture book From Little Things Big Things Grow the publishers, One Day Hill are launching three more books that use the strong lyrics of iconic Australian songs. ALL THREE books have illustrations by local Hinterland artist Peter Hudson (above), whose enthusiasm and commitment to the Paul Kelly, Kev Carmody book, [...]

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FICTION – Loma J Spencer 2010 – A Cold Rejection

Retirement offered no excitement for Ron, that is until Maggie noted his interest in archaeological digs. What a retirement gift – an excursion to a working dig. It would be perfect and Ron deserved it. Maggie spent the rest of the day googling possible archaeological sites. There was such a limited choice and they certainly don’t [...]

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Book Bites with Anne Brown of ROSETTA BOOKS

MAKE IT MOROCCAN Chef Hassan M’Souli – considered one of Australia’s gurus on Moroccon cooking -brings you sensational recipes from his restautant Out Of Africa in Sydney. In this book Hassan highlights ways to best use a number of key ingredients for Moroccan cuisine, namely the ever-present tagine, couscous, pomegranates, herbs and spices. Moroccans have taken [...]

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