'Many people continue to think Black Summer, the devastating bushfires of 2019-20, was an aberration and not a current reality. Science only confirms, however, these fires will be the “new normal” in the future. In the forceful The Fires Next Time: Understanding Australia’s Black Summer, scientists, environmentalists and climate change experts gravely chart the unprecedented destructiveness of this “megafire”: 24 million hectares of land incinerated, three billion perished animals and 33 people dead.' (Introduction)
'In Home Work: Essays on Love & Housekeeping, Helen Hayward writes thoughtfully about the value we give to housekeeping and the domestic side of our lives. She explores the art of running a home and, in the context of her own life, asks where our sense of worth comes from.' (Publication summary)
