- Title:
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Fire Flood Plague: Australian Writers Respond to 2020
- Written by:
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Sophie Cunningham
- Read by:
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Rupert Degas; Aimee Horne
- Format:
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Unabridged CD Audio Book
- Number of CDs:
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7
- Duration:
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7 hours 41 minutes
- Published:
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December 01 2020
- Available Date:
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December 01 2020
- Age Category:
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Adult
- ISBN:
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9781867505471
- Genres:
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Non-fiction; Current Affairs & Politics; Science & Technology
- Publisher:
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Bolinda/Penguin Audio Australia
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Leading Australian writers respond to the challenges of 2020, to create a vital cultural record of these extraordinary times.
2020 began with firestorms raging through the country, followed by floods and then a global pandemic that has changed how Australians think, feel and live. We all experienced this year differently, but one thing rings true for all of us: this is a year we won’t forget.
This anthology brings together original work from a diverse collection of Australian voices, from writers to scientists, journalists to historians, all expressing what 2020 meant to them. They write of ash falling from the sky, fish dying on riverbanks, loved ones lost, loved ones reunited, the historical resonance of fire and plague for Indigenous Australians, geopolitical tensions, the changed nature of travel, friendships rekindled on Zoom, the urgency of the Black Lives Matter movement, the state of the arts and the media, the importance of nurturing our inner lives, communities destroyed and communities rebuilding.
Fire Flood Plague is a vital cultural record of the resilience and humanity needed in these extraordinary times, including original pieces from Lenore Taylor, Nyadol Nuon, Christos Tsiolkas, Melissa Lucashenko, Billy Griffiths, Jess Hill, Kim Scott, Brenda Walker, Jane Rawson, Omar Sakr, Richard McGregor, Jennifer Mills, Gabrielle Chan, John Birmingham, Tim Flannery and many more.