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

The Norwegian election was fought and won on climate policy. Are there lessons for Australia?

Sep 18, 2021

Despite its lowest polling in 20 years, the Norwegian Labour Party will form a coalition government after a campaign largely focussed on the environment and renewable energy. Is this a sign of things to come for our federal election? Norway is in a unique position. It...

Small Acts of Defiance

Sep 8, 2021

author: Michelle Wright name: Kim average rating: 3.75 book published: rating: 5 read at: 2021/09/08 date added: 2021/09/08 shelves:...

Pandemic paranoia – the penal colony strikes back at those pesky Australians who left

Aug 8, 2021

Ever since the pandemic started, Australia has restricted the ability of its citizens to travel overseas in ways few other countries outside of North Korea have done. It is now using the biosecurity laws to also deter those who live overseas from coming back. On...

The Last of the Apple Blossom

Aug 8, 2021

author: Mary-Lou Stephens name: Kim average rating: 4.70 book published: rating: 5 read at: 2021/08/07 date added: 2021/08/07 shelves: review: Just a wonderful read – highly recommendedHuon Valley, the apple orchards and the bushfires of 1967 is the starting...

Where My Heart Used to Beat

Aug 3, 2021

author: Sebastian Faulks name: Kim average rating: 3.89 book published: 2015 rating: 3 read at: 2021/08/02 date added: 2021/08/02 shelves: review: Not at his best, but still a good readIt would be almost impossible to follow up ‘Birdsong’, one of the most moving,...

American by Day (Sigrid Ødegård #2)

Jul 23, 2021

author: Derek B. Miller name: Kim average rating: 4.28 book published: 2018 rating: 4 read at: 2021/07/23 date added: 2021/07/23 shelves:...

The world is in a crisis of our own making – is it sowing the seeds of change?

Jul 11, 2021

The world is in a crisis. And many of our leaders are failing us. People are despondent, angry and sad, many unable to see their loved ones, many more not knowing how to cope. There is no end in sight, unless we look beyond the concreted corridors of power....

The Great Wall

Jul 5, 2021

author: Julia Lovell name: Kim average rating: 4.00 book published: 1981 rating: 4 read at: 2021/07/05 date added: 2021/07/05 shelves: review: The Great Wall as the metaphor of historyThe Chinese walls of many names, shrouded in myths and legend, the Great Wall is a...

The Poisonwood Bible

Jun 9, 2021

author: Barbara Kingsolver name: Kim average rating: 4.29 book published: 1998 rating: 4 read at: 2021/06/09 date added: 2021/06/09 shelves: review: Illuminating. Confronting. Well written.It took me a while to get used to the constantly changing vantage points of the...

The digital media farce continues as nothing changes

Jun 2, 2021

Nine Entertainment is the latest of the old media companies to announce deals with Google and Facebook. For a fraction of what they once thought they deserved, and without any of the benefits to consumers which the Digital Bargaining Code bill purported to provide. In...