- Title:
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Watsonia: A Writing Life (MP3)
- Written by:
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Don Watson
- Read by:
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David Tredinnick
- Format:
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Unabridged MP3 CD Audio Book
- Number of CDs:
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2
- Duration:
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25 hours 45 minutes
- MP3 size:
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1.12 GB
- Published:
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November 17 2020
- Available Date:
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November 17 2020
- Age Category:
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Adult
- ISBN:
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9781867501350
- Genres:
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Non-fiction; Australian; Autobiography; Memoirs; Short Stories & Anthologies
- Publisher:
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Bolinda audio
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Bestselling author
Award winning author
Australian author
No other writer has journeyed further into the soul of Australia and returned to tell the tale than bestseller Don Watson in this mesmerising anthology.
‘When you write speeches for other people for a living, any audience is a good audience. I address walls and poultry: I stand on a wheelbarrow and give after-dinner speeches as the moon rises over the fowl yard. I say, Eight and a half generations of you fowls I have known. The chooks treat it as a diversion, of course. They get on with the main game. They are pragmatists. Why change it if it works, they reckon, and tilt their heads back and let the water run down their throats.’ – Don Watson
Watsonia gathers the fruits of a writing life. It covers everything from Australian humour to America gone berserk; from Don Bradman to Oscar Wilde; from birds and horses to history and politics. Wherever Don Watson turns his incisive gaze, the results are as illuminating as they are enjoyable.
Watsonia displays the many sides of Don Watson: historian, speechwriter, social critic, humourist, biographer and lover of nature and sports. Replete with wit, wisdom and diverse pleasures, this comprehensive collection includes a wide-ranging introduction by the author and several previously unpublished pieces.
'No matter what beast Don Watson has in view, his writing is a joy to read.'
Lewis Lapham