The theory and practice of oral history and biography
On Biography
World Dictionary of Biography Launch
Gareth Evans launches a new edition of Barry Jones’ World Dictionary of Biography on 28 November 2013. […]
On Biography
On Biography
Oral History and Biography Reference
Dictionary of World Biography Authored by Barry Jones and now in its seventh edition. The Australian Dictionary of Biography The Australian Dictionary of Biography provides concise and informative descriptions of the lives of significant and representative persons in […]
On Biography
On Writing Jim Cairns’ Biography
Paul Ormonde talks about his reasons for writing a biography of Dr Jim Cairns, Treasurer and Deputy Prime Minister of Australia during the Whitlam Government 1972-195. Paul’s book, A Foolish Public Man was published in […]
Art
Richanda Rhoden, a Fascinating Painter Whose Work Was Rarely Shown in Her Lifetime
The New Yorker Richanda Rhoden, a Fascinating Painter Whose Work Was Rarely Shown in Her Lifetime By Andrea K. Scott August 31, 2018 The judge’s daughter, the sculptor’s wife, the elegant neighbor—like many women of her generation, […]
Inside Story
Seymour Hersh, reporter
MATTHEW RICKETSON 30 AUGUST 2018 Where does the famed journalist fit into the American pantheon?
Australia
Alive to Every Pulse
Oakes on DenningLaurie Oakes on the legendary Canberra press gallery journalist Warren Denning
Literature
Barry Jones
Barry Jones In Search of Lost Time – A Film Story
Barry Jones In Search of Lost Time – A Film Story uses the lens of film itself to focus on childhood, adolescence and early adulthood, training Barry’s camera eye on the shaping forces of his character and the key turning points of his life. […]
About
The oral history and biography channel
The oral history and biography channel is designed, initially at least, to make public Garry Sturgess’s large personal archive of oral history and biography material and to attempt to organise it and shape it so […]