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Issue Details: First known date: 2024... 2024 You Don’t Have to Have a Dream : Advice for the Incrementally Ambitious
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'Charlie Mackesy meets Kurt Vonnegut, in the first non-fiction book from Tim Minchin- a beautifully idiosyncratic celebration of life, art, success, kindness, love and thriving in a meaningless universe, drawn from three iconic graduation speeches.

''Life will sometimes seem long and tough. And you will sometimes be happy and sometimes sad. And then you'll be old. And then you'll be dead. There is only one sensible thing to do with this empty existence, and that is- fill it.'

'A book for the science-loving reality-romantic in all of us, You Don't Have to Have a Dream offers Tim Minchin's inimitable thoughts and advice on life, art, success, kindness, love, and thriving in a meaningless universe. Drawn from three of his iconic commencement addresses, and beautifully designed with specially commissioned illustrations throughout, it's a rallying cry for creativity, critical thinking, and compassion in our daily lives.

'It's never too late to put something beautiful out into the world.'  (Publication summary)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Melbourne, Victoria,: Penguin , 2024 .
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      Extent: 128p.
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      • Published September 2024

      ISBN: 9781761620058

Works about this Work

Book Review : You Don’t Have to Have a Dream, Tim Minchin Peter Hackney , 2024 single work review
— Appears in: ArtsHub , November 2024;

— Review of You Don’t Have to Have a Dream : Advice for the Incrementally Ambitious Tim Minchin , 2024 single work prose

'Three speeches made by Tim Minchin when he received honorary university degrees are collected and published as a book.'

Book Review : You Don’t Have to Have a Dream, Tim Minchin Peter Hackney , 2024 single work review
— Appears in: ArtsHub , November 2024;

— Review of You Don’t Have to Have a Dream : Advice for the Incrementally Ambitious Tim Minchin , 2024 single work prose

'Three speeches made by Tim Minchin when he received honorary university degrees are collected and published as a book.'

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