New Leaf
Piping Shrike: The green room
Demelza Gers, Lindy White, Gill Ratcliff (chief editors); ISBN 1
920927 14 X; 112 pages; $17; avail at Imprints and Dymocks
The
definition for green room as stated on the cover is 'a room set aside where
artists await their time in the limelight' and it's a fitting title for the
book, which provides a space for the work of 18 student writers working to
establish their literary credentials.
It is an eclectic mix of poetry and prose looking at the big and the small
things, the personal and the political. From Margaret Klopper’s
heart-rending account of a woman supporting her husband who has Alzheimers,
to E.L. Benn's Sonnet for Baxter and Clay Hunter's homage to home
brewing, Beer, The green room is an engaging collection of
writing, introducing some talented wordsmiths who we will no doubt be
hearing more from in years to come.
Quagmires and Quandaries: exploring journalism ethics
Dr Ian Richards; published by University of NSW Press; ISBN 0 86840 623 6;
208 pages; $34.95
Written
by UniSA postgraduate journalism program director, Dr Ian Richards, this is
the first Australian book to present a comprehensive consideration of
journalism's on-going ethical difficulties.
It explains why, despite good intentions, codes and public attention, journalists continue to behave in ways widely regarded as unethical. The book argues that, although public concern about journalism ethics focuses on the ethical behaviour of individual journalists and editors, such factors are only a minor part of the explanation for the ethical problems of journalism.
The book discusses a range of other forces which set the context for ethical standards and influence ethical behaviour in journalism.
Patrons & Riders: Conflicting roles and hidden objectives in an Aboriginal Development programme
Peter Willis; published by Post Pressed; ISBN 1 876682 40 X; 267 pages; $40;
email orders to
CREEWBOOKS@unisa.edu.au
Now
a senior lecturer in adult, vocational and workplace education at UniSA,
Peter Willis was a Pallottine priest and missionary at Kununurra in the
north of Western Australia in the early 1970s – a time of increased
government support for Aboriginal land rights and self-development programs.
This book draws on the story of the development and subsequent failure of the Mirima garden project. The conflicting roles of white missionaries (patrons) and Aboriginal leaders (riders) are explored in terms of Aboriginal selective collaboration and selective resistance by which they maintained their autonomy and survival.