Kim Wingerei, Author at Kim Wingerei - writer, translator, poet, traveller

The PwC scandal, the Big Four, and the real elephant in the room. What’s next?

May 31, 2023

While PwC is struggling to contain what might be its very own Enron moment, the ATO, Treasury and the Senate are trying to figure out why nobody did anything about what everybody seemed to know. It’s now a scandal too big to go away.

A king for his crown, but what do his remote subjects really think?

May 5, 2023

The coronation is underway in London with pomp and pageantry, ostentatious headgear and stolen jewels on marvellous display, and guests from dominions far away ready to genuflect. But while many look in dismay at this costly and archaic spectacle, support for the...

Warmongers vs appeasers – the China media frenzy is the threat

Mar 7, 2023

Echoing the “reds under the beds” scare campaigns of the fifties, Nine Media mastheads want us to believe that war with China is imminent. Elsewhere, we are led to believe that China is a model citizen of the world and means no harm to anyone.

The Last Chairlift

Feb 26, 2023

author: John Irving name: Kim average rating: 3.74 book published: 2022 rating: 2 read at: 2023/02/26 date added: 2023/02/26 shelves: review: Same old themes, nothing newAbout 50 pages in, and I’m bored, miffed by poor editing and much repetition. Sorry to hear it’s...

The Dictator’s Wife

Feb 25, 2023

author: Freya Berry name: Kim average rating: 3.68 book published: 2022 rating: 5 read at: 2023/02/24 date added: 2023/02/24 shelves: review: Much more than a mystery – beautifully writtenThe opening paragraphs had me hooked. Freya Berry’s writing is...