Review: 'Kanga: The Trials and Triumphs of Ian Cairns (Vol 1)'
Wednesday 06/06 91
"It takes an ego as big as Western Australia to think that your life story is so important it can’t be told in one fat volume."
The Depth Test
'Broken' by Jon Frank
Thursday 07/12 21
Words and photos in a book that reads like the opposite of Instagram.
The Last Long Drop by Mike Safe
Tuesday 14/11 2
Summertime satire with lashings of truth and plenty of surf scenes too.
'On The Java Ridge' by Jock Serong
Thursday 10/08 60
Phil Jarratt reviews On The Java Ridge, a book that "reveals more about what it is to be a surfer" than anything yet published.
'Life of Brine' by Phil Jarratt
Thursday 03/08 8
Drugs, sex, surf, and death - Australia's foremost surf journo dishes the dirt on himself.
Tom Wegener: From killing Bambi to quoting Socrates
Wednesday 21/06 28
Not only has Tom Wegener been called a sell out, Derek Hynd also accused him of "killing Bambi". Suitably chastened, Wegener did a PhD on an age old gripe and then turned it into a book.
The Big Wave Project: A Band Of Brothers
Friday 12/05 1
From 20 foot Waimea to 80 foot Jaws, Tim Bonython tells the tale of modern big wave surfing.
'As Worlds Divide' - review
Friday 24/03 5
Filmed over nine years, 'As Worlds Divide' confronts the impact commercialisation, forced displacement, and assimilation have had on the Mentawai people.
Sharks Never Sleep by Brendan McAloon
Monday 07/11 10
Sometimes unsettling but never gratuitous, Sharks Never Sleep describes first-hand accounts of shark attacks from around the world.
I like your new stuff better than your old stuff: Peter Garrett at the Settlers Taven
Monday 01/08 59
Peter Garrett drops the politics and enviro schtick for a solo national tour. Anthony Pancia catches him at the Settlers Tavern in Margaret River.
Single: Studies of Movement by Andrew Kidman
Wednesday 22/06 33
Who cares about a book that's been out for four years?
Fortunately Andrew Kidman's 'Single' remains a timeless read.
The Banana by Slater Designs - a review of sorts
Monday 16/05 35
An average punter takes a first drive on the modern Banana. It's the closest thing in the quiver to a Ferrari.