'I resisted the siren song for years. As a stern Melburnian even while living and working in Sydney, I forever dismissed the Archibald portrait competition as just another Tinsel Town self-indulgence: Sydney celebrities posing for celebrity portraits by celebrity artists; to be tolerated but not indulged.' (Introduction)
'David Marr’s intergenerational account of colonisation challenges us to think differently about truth-telling' (Introduction)
'Richard Flanagan’s latest book is an extraordinary meditation on Tasmania in the world'
