Barry Nicholls was invited to speak to The Friends of the State Library of South Australia to talk about influential books in his life. Here is the speech he gave on Tuesday November 4 at the Hetzel Lecture Theatre.
Round 5 – St Kilda v Richmond: The Seven Steps to Writing Success
April 17, 2021 by Leave a Comment
John Green applies his seven-point writing strategy to an 86 point Richmond victory, which he had to watch while out for dinner.
Hindsight…how does this affect how you watch a replay of a sporting fixture?
July 30, 2020 by 4 Comments
When you watch sport, are you calm, relaxed and impartial or, like the rest of us, an irrational, one-eyed, out-of-character, raving idiot? Author and former sports journalist Liam Hauser looks back over his experiences in reporting and writing about sport.
Almanac Books: Sons of Guns – family and football
August 9, 2018 by 1 Comment
The author of the book “Sons of Guns”, Matt Watson takes us through his relationship with family & footy, shares tidbits from the stars of his manuscript and the long, involved process it took to complete.
Introducing Kasey Symons
January 17, 2018 by 16 Comments
Meet Kasey Symons, our new women’s footy editor who has just joined the Almanac team.
Martin Flanagan and a reappraisal of 1992
June 16, 2017 by 14 Comments
Adam Fox makes a mighty fine debut in these pages with this piece on Martin Flanagan and perspective. Welcome Adam. And any insight into Frank Zappa would be greatly appreciated.
Almanac Writers: Introducing Daniel Saunders
April 13, 2017 by 7 Comments
Young Daniel Saunders is going to write for the Almanac. He has a strong sports writing heritage. [Welcome Daniel – JTH]
A ‘grizzled 69’ and the art of sports writing
March 11, 2016 by 6 Comments
Dave Brown finds some gems in the local Op-shop and marvels at the myriad ways in which an Allan Border innings can be described
Long Bombs To Snake (extract): Surfing and the middle-aged CPA
October 26, 2015 by 5 Comments
This is an extract from Dips O’Donnell’s ‘Surfing and the middle-aged CPA’ which is one of a dozen features in Long Bombs to Snake. Get a taste, order your copy and tell the world.
Almanac on ABC Brisbane last Friday (full audio)
September 8, 2014 by 3 Comments
Almanac writers Geoff Woolcock and Lee McGowan featured on a panel at the Brisbane Writers’ Festival. Here’s the audio.
Fan stories
March 18, 2014 by 9 Comments
Andy Fuller analyses Dugald Jellie’s series of essays Tiger Tiger Burning Bright which appeared weekly for much of 2013, and laments the attitude of the self-important who failed to appreciate them. [Reminds me of a section of Richard Ford’s novel The Sportswriter which is no faint praise – Ed]
Almanac Books: Is sports publishing in Australia in a death spiral?
Main stream publishers have ‘dropped the ball’ when it comes to publishing sporting books argues Barry Nicholls in his thought provoking piece.