The Best Ever Australian Sports Writing
Pub date: September 2003
RRP: $49.95
ISBN: 9781863952668
Imprint: Black Inc.
Format: HB
Size: 234 x 153mm
Extent: 784pp

The Best Ever Australian Sports Writing

A 200 Year Collection

Edited by David Headon

The best of Australian sports writing, past and present.

From the Dove and the Don to football's tribal passions; from legends and larrikins to the coming of the corporate box; from Olympic champions to the wry side of sport - this collection presents an array of inspired writing.

David Headon, noted scholar of Australian sport and avid fan of great sports writing, has searched high and low to find writing that sings and crackles, that celebrates both sporting and verbal prowess. Contributors include many of Australia's best-known writers. As they depict the heroes and highlights of our sporting history, we see how sport has brought us together and shown us at our best.

Contributors include: Martin Flanagan, Geoffrey Bolton, Wendy Harmer, Jack Fingleton, Sir Robert Menzies, John Birmingham, Gideon Haigh, Kate Fitzpatrick, Arthur Mailey, Banjo Paterson, C.J. Dennis, Bill O'Reilly, Alex Buzo, Philip Derriman, Don Bradman, Marcus Clarke, Manning Clark, Bruce Dawe, Garrie Hutchinson, Christos Tsiolkas, Brian Matthews, Kenneth Slessor, Ray Robinson, Richard Yallop, Roy Masters, Clive James, Michael McGirr, Barry Dickens, Frank Hyde, H.G. Nelson, Roy Slaven, Bob Dwyer, R.S. Whitington, Dorothy Porter, Thomas Keneally and David Williamson.

 

 



David Headon

David Headon is Cultural Adviser to the National Capital Authority. He is a regular commentator on cultural/historical issues on ABC radio (regional and national). In 2005 he presented a weekly program on the symbolic story of the national capital, Canberra, on ABC 666-and he presented a similar program in 2006.

His publications include: North of the Ten Commandments- a Collection of Northern Territory Literature (1991); The Oxford Book of Australian Sporting Anecdotes (1993); The Abundant Culture - Meaning and Significance in Everyday Australia (1995); Our First Republicans (1998); The Best Ever Australian Sports Writing - a 200-Year Collection (2001) and The Symbolic Role of the National Capital (2003). In 2003-4, he was co-ordinator (and editor and co-writer) of the team that produced the national award-winning The Griffin Legacy (2004). The document has dominated 'big picture' discussion about Canberra since its launch in December 2004.

 

 
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