Common Module: Texts and Human Experiences Further Reading Resources
All the Light We Cannot See- Anthony Doerr
o REVIEW: All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr review – a story of morality, science and Nazi occupation
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/may/17/all-the-light-we-cannot-see-anthony-doerr-reviewo INTERVIEW: Novelist uses war to explore what we see, and what we don’t
https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/entertainment/books/sdut-anthony-doerr-light-cannot-see-interview-2014jul26-htmlstory.htmlo ARTICLE: ‘All the Light we Cannot See’ by Anthony Doerr (Scribner)
https://www.pulitzer.org/winners/anthony-doerro REVIEW: ‘All the Light we Cannot See,’ by Anthony Doerr
https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/all-the-light-we-cannot-see-by-anthony-doerr/2014/05/05/c2deec58-cf14-11e3-a6b1-45c4dffb85a6_story.htmlo INTERVIEW: Casting a Light on History: Anthony’s Doerr’s ‘All the Light we Cannot See’
https://medium.com/@BlackHoleBooks/casting-a-light-on-history-anthony-doerrs-all-the-light-we-cannot-see-909d24917fe8Vertigo- Amanda Lohrey
o REVIEW: ‘Vertigo: A Novella’ by Amanda Lohrey
https://www.themonthly.com.au/issue/2008/december/1228089600/meg-mundell/vertigo-novella-amanda-lohrey o INTERVIEW: Amanda Lohrey’s ‘Vertigo’
https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/archived/bookshow/amanda-lohreys-vertigo/3179466#transcripto ARTICLE: Landscape and Trauma in Amanda Lohrey’s ‘Vertigo’
http://optimalteacher.com/blog/2015/2/6/landscape-and-trauma-in-amanda-lohreys-vertigoo REVIEW: Living with Australia’s beauty and terror
https://www.eurekastreet.com.au/article/living-with-australia-s-beauty-and-terrorNineteen Eighty-Four- George Orwell
o ARTICLE: The masterpiece that killed George Orwell
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2009/may/10/1984-george-orwello REVIEW: Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell: first review – archive, 1949
https://www.theguardian.com/books/1949/jun/10/georgeorwell.classicso ARTICLE: So are we living in ‘1984’?
https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/so-are-we-living-in-1984o ARTICLE: Why ‘1984’ is a 2017 Must-Read
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/26/books/why-1984-is-a-2017-must-read.htmlo ARTICLE: High School Students Reading ‘1984’ See a Mirror, Not Science Fiction
https://www.huffingtonpost.com.au/entry/teens-1984-george-orwell-trump_n_5892445ce4b070cf8b8060a7?ri18n=trueo REVIEW: Doublethink is stronger than Orwell imagined
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2019/07/1984-george-orwell/590638/o PODCAST: ‘1984’ 60 Years Later
https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=105126571o PODCAST: George Orwell and the story behind ‘Nineteen Eighty-Four’
https://www.abc.net.au/radio/programs/overnights/george-orwell-1984/9353388Past the Shallows- Favel Parretto REVIEW: ‘Past the Shallows’
https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/books/past-the-shallows-20110610-1fw44.htmlo REVIEW: FAVEL PARRETT Past the Shallows. Reviewed by Linda Funnell
https://newtownreviewofbooks.com.au/favel-parrett-past-the-shallows/o REVIEW: Toni Whitmont Review: Past the Shallows by Favel Parrett
https://www.booktopia.com.au/blog/2011/07/01/toni-whitmont-review-past-the-shallows-by-favel-parrett/o INTERVIEW: Favel Parrett, author of ‘Past the Shallows’ and ‘When the Night Comes’, chats to John Purcell
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YcvXGr4E82gCollected- Rosemary Dobsono REVIEW: Rosemary Dobson ‘Collected’
http://www.australianpoetryreview.com.au/tag/rosemary-dobson/o BOOK: Rosemary Dobson: A Celebration
o ARTICLE: Guide to the Classics: the poetry of Rosemary Dobson [url=http://theconversation.com/guide-to-the-classics-the-poetry-of-rosemary-dobson-100581o REVIEW: An eternity in the ordinary
https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/books/an-eternity-in-the-ordinary-20120531-1zjou.htmlo REVIEW: Bonny Cassidy reviews Rosemary Dobson
http://cordite.org.au/reviews/bonny-cassidy-reviews-rosemary-dobson/‘Young Girl at a Window’, ‘Over the Hill’, ‘Summer’s End’, ‘The Conversation’, ‘Cock Crow’, ‘Amy Caroline’, ‘Canberra Morning’
Selected Poems- Kenneth Slessoro ARTICLE: Kenneth Slessor and Time
https://sydneyreviewofbooks.com/april-10-2015-kenneth-slessor-and-time/o BIOGRAPHY: Kenneth Slessor
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/kenneth-slessoro ARTICLE: Reading Australia: ‘One Hundred poems: 1919-1939’ by Kenneth Slessor
https://www.australianbookreview.com.au/reading-australia/one-hundred-poems-1919-1939-by-kenneth-slessor‘Wild Grapes’, ‘Gulliver’, ‘Out of Time’, ‘Vesper-Song of the Reverend Samuel Marsden’, ‘William Street’, ‘Beach Burial’
Rainbow’s End- Jane Harrison
o REVIEW: Rainbow’s End
https://www.australianstage.com.au/201108254682/reviews/sydney/rainbow-s-end.htmlo REVIEW: Rainbow’s End
https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/art-and-design/rainbows-end-20090908-gdtpqj.htmlo PROGRAM: Rainbow’s End
https://www.darlinghursttheatre.com/whats-on/rainbows-endo REVIEW: Rainbow’s End
https://jazzstheatrejournal.wordpress.com/2011/06/13/rainbows-end/The Crucible- Arthur Miller
o ARTICLE: Why I Wrote ‘The Crucible’
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1996/10/21/why-i-wrote-the-crucibleo ARTICLE: ‘The Crucible’: the perfect play for our post-truth times
https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2017/feb/14/the-crucible-the-perfect-play-for-our-post-truth-timeso ARTICLE: ‘The Crucible’ teaches timeless moral lesson
https://www.centredaily.com/entertainment/this-weekend/article42823365.htmlo ARTICLE: Why ‘The Crucible’ is important
https://www.jstor.org/stable/42909487?seq=1o PODCAST: Episode 014: ‘The Crucible’
https://overduepodcast.com/episodes/2013/5/13/episode-014-the-crucibleo THESIS: Moral Absolutism in Arthur Miller’s The Crucible
https://digitalcommons.brockport.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1027&context=eng_thesesThe Merchant of Venice- William Shakespeare
o ARTICLE: Villain or victim, Shakespeare’s Shylock is a character to celebrate
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/feb/05/villain-victim-shylock-shakespeare-howard-jacobsono ARTICLE: Why ‘The Merchant of Venice’ is on the money
https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2015/jul/17/merchant-of-venice-rsc-moneyo ARTICLE: If a Shakespeare play is racist or anti-Semitic, is it OK to change the ending?
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2017/nov/03/if-a-shakespeare-play-is-racist-or-antisemitic-is-it-ok-to-change-the-endingThe Boy Behind the Curtain- Tim Winton
o REVIEW: ‘The Boy Behind the Curtain’ Review: Tim Winton Reveals Some of the Private Writer
https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/books/the-boy-behind-the-curtain-review-tim-winton-reveals-some-of-the-private-writer-20160928-grqeqh.htmlo REVIEW: ‘The Boy Behind the Curtain’ by Tim Winton review: short fiction and essays from an Aussie master
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/may/21/the-boy-behind-the-curtain-tim-winton-reviewo REVIEW: ‘The Boy Behind the Curtain’ by Tim Winton
https://www.scotsman.com/arts-and-culture/books/book-review-the-boy-behind-the-curtain-by-tim-winton-1-4442301 ‘Havoc: A Life in Accidents’, ‘Betsy’, ‘Twice on Sundays’, ‘The Wait and the Flow’, ‘In the Shadow of the Hospital’, ‘The Demon Shark’, ‘Barefoot in the Temple of Art’
I am Malala- Malala Yousafzai and Christina Lamb
o REVIEW: ‘I am Malala’ by Malala Yousafzai with Christina Lamb- review
https://www.theguardian.com/childrens-books-site/2014/aug/22/review-i-am-malala-by-malala-yousafzai-with-christina-lambo REVIEW: ‘I am Malala’ by Malala Yousafzai- review
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/oct/30/malala-yousafzai-fatima-bhutto-reviewo REVIEW: ‘I am Malala’ by Malala Yousafzai- review
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/oct/13/malala-yousafzai-biography-talibano REVIEW: ‘I am Malala’ by Malala Yousafzai
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/book-review-i-am-malala-by-malala-yousafzai/2013/10/11/530ba90a-329a-11e3-9c68-1cf643210300_story.htmlBilly Elliot- Stephen Daldry
o ARTICLE: Billy Elliot’s director explains the true meaning behind the film’s most memorable scene
https://qz.com/1096401/director-stephen-daldry-on-billy-elliot-the-meaning-and-message-behind-the-films-most-memorable-scene/o INTERVIEW: Stephen Daldry Dances to Success With ‘Billy Elliot’
https://www.indiewire.com/2000/10/interview-stephen-daldry-dances-to-success-with-billy-elliot-81337/o FILM REVIEW: Escaping a Miner’s Life for a Career in Ballet
https://www.nytimes.com/2000/10/13/movies/film-review-escaping-a-miner-s-life-for-a-career-in-ballet.htmlo ARTICLE: ‘Billy Elliot’ Still Feels Sadly Relevant
https://www.gq.com/story/billy-elliot-still-feels-sadly-relevant.
Go Back to Where You Came From- Ian O’Mahoney
o ARTICLE: ‘Go Back to Where You Came From’ is ambitious TV. But does it work?
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2018/oct/03/go-back-to-where-you-came-from-live-is-ambitious-tv-but-does-it-worko ARTICLE: Changing Hearts and Mind: ‘Go Back to Where You Came From’ review
https://crosslight.org.au/2015/07/31/go-back-to-where-you-came-from-review/o ARTICLE: ‘Go Back to Where You Came From’- sound familiar?
https://neoskosmos.com/en/7246/go-back-to-where-you-came-from-sbs/o ARTICLE: Expanding empathy: ‘Go Back to Where You Came From’
https://www.upstart.net.au/expanding-empathy-go-back-to-where-you-came-from/Waste Land- Lucy Walker
o PODCAST: Lucy Walker on ‘Waste Land’
https://www.theguardian.com/film/audio/2011/feb/24/lucy-walker-waste-land-oscars-2011-podcasto REVIEW: ‘Waste Land’
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2011/feb/27/waste-land-vik-muniz-reviewo REVIEW: ‘Waste Land’
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2011/feb/24/waste-land-reviewo ARTICLE: Scenes from the world’s largest dump
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2011/feb/20/worlds-largest-rubbish-dump-brazil