A brief review of the recently released ‘The Season’ by Helen Garner from Callum Quirk.
Almanac Book Review: ‘Out of the Blue’ by Anthony Field
March 7, 2025 by 1 Comment
RagingBull was transported back to his childhood when he read ‘Out of the Blue’, the autobiography of Anthony Field, the original blue Wiggle.
Almanac (Book) Review: ‘Faraday – A Community Rediscovered’ by Robyn Howarth
February 28, 2025 by 1 Comment
The Faraday school kidnapping, 1972. Robyn Howarth, one of the schoolchildren abducted that day, has written her account of what happened.
Almanac Book Reviews: ‘Chinaman: The Legend of Pradeep Mathew’ by Shehan Karunatilaka
February 1, 2025 by 6 Comments
Peter Crossing reviews ‘Chinaman: The Legend of Pradeep Mathew’ by Booker Prize winning author, Shehan Karunatilaka, a fictional tale relating to the search for a ‘mysterious Sri Lankan scricketer who may or may not have been the best spin bowler ever’..
Almanac WA: Second Meeting – John Townsend and ‘Ugly’
January 30, 2025 by 4 Comments
Barry Nicholls reports on the second gathering of the Western Australia chapter of The Footy Almanac.
Almanac Book Reviews: ‘Zach Tuohy – The Irish Experiment’ with Catherine Murphy
January 7, 2025 by 1 Comment
‘Zach Tuohy – The Irish Experiment’ with Catherine Murphy is reviewed by Citrus Bob Utber. As his review indicates Bob thoroughly enjoyed the book and the rapport between the two authors and a must read for all sports loving readers.
Almanac Book Reviews: ‘The Football War: The VFA And VFL’s Battle For Supremacy’ – Xavier Fowler
December 24, 2024 by 2 Comments
With the recent release of ‘The Football War: The VFA And VFL’s Battle For Supremacy’ by Xavier Fowler, Braham Dabscheck uses the book as a foundation to analyse the conflict surrounding the development of footy in the early twetieth century.
Almanac Poetry Reviews: High praise for Kevin Densley
December 19, 2024 by 6 Comments
Footy Almanac mainstay, Kevin Densley, who picks up stacks of Brownlow votes each season, has received a super review for his poetry collection ‘Please Feed the Macaws…I’m Feeling too Indolent’.
Almanac Book Reviews: ‘The Season’ by Helen Garner – Strange and splendid beauty
December 17, 2024 by 7 Comments
We welcome Matt Gately to the Almanac family with his first piece on the site, an informative review of Helen Garner’s latest book, ‘The Season’. [Welcome aboard Matt – Ed]
Book Review: ‘The Immortals of Australian Football’
December 5, 2024 by 3 Comments
RagingBull casts his eye over ‘The Immortals of Australian Football’, a recent addition to the ‘Immortals’ of Australian sport series from Gelding Street Press.
Almanac Book Review: ‘The Badge We Wear: A History of Sport at UNSW Sydney’ – Anthony T. Hughes
November 20, 2024 by 1 Comment
Braham Dabscheck reviews ‘The Badge We Wear: A history of sport at UNSW Sydney’ by Anthony T. Hughes.
Almanac Rugby League (Book Review) – ‘The Power and the Passion: Rugby League in the 1980s’
November 7, 2024 by 4 Comments
Russel Hansen revisits rugby league in the 1980s via his review of ‘The Power and the Passion: Rugby League in the 1980s’ by Alan Whiticker and Ian Collis.
Almanac Rugby League – Rabbit in the Vineyard: Book Review – ‘Hard: rugby league in the ’70s’
October 24, 2024 by Leave a Comment
Rabbit in the Vineyard scored a copy of ‘Hard: rugby league in the ’70s’ for Fathers Day from his daughters Sophia and Eliza. Here’s his review.
Almanac Rugby League – Rugby League comes to the television screen
October 17, 2024 by 1 Comment
Rabbit in the Vineyard is looking forward to ABC TV’s adaptation of Brendan Plum’s novel ‘Plum’ which starts on Sunday night.
Almanac Book Review: ‘Harrier 809 – Britain’s Legendary Jump Jet and the Untold Story of the Falklands War’
October 1, 2024 by Leave a Comment
RagingBull (Callum Quirk) presents his review of Number One Bestseller, ‘Harrier 809 – Britain’s Legendary Jump Jet and the Untold Story of the Falklands War’.
Almanac Book Review: ‘A View From Fine Leg: The Sporting Life Of ‘Citrus Bob’ Utber’
September 20, 2024 by Leave a Comment
Col Ritchie thoroughly enjoyed reading ‘Citrus Bob’ Utber’s wonderful biography, ‘A View From Fine Leg: The Sporting Life Of ‘Citrus Bob’ Utber’. This is a wonderful account of an passionate life associated with sport.
Almanac Book Review: ‘Top Gun: The Real Story’
September 14, 2024 by Leave a Comment
RagingBull (Callum Quirk) reviews Dan Pedersen’s book ‘Top Gun: The Real Story’, a book he believes to be one of the best real-life accounts he has read.
Almanac Footy: SA Footy – Stars of the Past
September 7, 2024 by 3 Comments
Michael Sexton discusses two of the great old SANFL footballers, John Karney and Dan Moriarty. Michael is pleased both are deservingly mentioned in Bernard Whimpress’s latest book (his 49th) ‘SA Footy: Stars of the Past’.
Almanac Book Review: ‘Painting Martha’ by Andy Thurlow
August 20, 2024 by 2 Comments
The Footy Almanac is happy to promote Almanacker Andy Thurlow’s new novel ‘Painting Martha’. Read a review by Ian Hauser and see an invitation to the launch in Tanunda on September 22.
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