Walter Marsh
@waltergibraltar
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Writing about history and culture, ‘Young Rupert: the making of the Murdoch empire’ out now in Aus/UK/US via @scribepub
Tarntanya / Adelaide
Joined July 2009
Some news: I’ve written a book, a deep dive into the origins of the Murdoch press, and how truth, power and newsprint collided in 1950s Adelaide. ‘Young Rupert: the making of the Murdoch empire’ is out August via @scribepub, here’s the cover:
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RT @QldLitAwards: Congratulations to Dominic Guerrera, winner of David Unaipon Award for an Emerging Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Island…
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RT @RoyceRk2: I'll be launching my new book, Slick, at 6pm (sharp) in Adelaide next Thursday with @waltergibraltar. I can also confirm @sar…
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RT @RoyceRk2: Friends, readers, countrythems: if you're in Adelaide next Thursday, I'm having a do to launch Slick at the Wheaty. Bring fri…
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Guardian Aust is enriched by its freelancers and I’m always proud to see my byline there + work with its incredible staff. But it’s a tough way to make a living, so @withMEAA are asking mgmt to rise to the values in its pages and do better by its most precarious contributors ✊
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Who is that guy
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RT @withMEAA: Freelancers are standing with staff today to demand that Nine comes to the table with a good offer for all workers. Freelance…
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RT @writerssainc: Together with @SLSA we're thrilled to announce applications are open for the 2024 Literary Fellowships to support emergin…
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Well that’s nice
W.K. Hancock Prize (first history monograph) @abalasub - Toward a Free Economy (2023) @IsobelleBM - Feminism & A Child Rights Revolution (2022) @JarrodHore - Visions of Nature (2022) @waltergibraltar - Young Rupert (2023) @alecia_simmonds - Courting (2023) 8/9
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RT @GuardianAus: ‘Where will the goths go?’: the fight to save Adelaide’s beloved ‘Cranker’ pub from high-rise plans
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RT @SLSA: We’ve invited Walter Marsh, author and journalist, to speak at our next #StoriesFromTheStacks session to talk about the story of…
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RT @RoyceRk2: I spent 18 months visiting disaster zones, hanging out with hell raisers and learning about the Australian oil and gas indust…
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RT @GuardianBooks: ‘I want to be a Clifty’: Charmian Clift’s unfinished last novel finally gets its moment
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RT @GuardianAus: ‘We’ve had one fight in 15 years’: is the Grace Emily hotel Australia’s best music venue?
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RT @GuardianAus: Life after a traumatic brain injury: ‘It took me over a year to find out I had an accident’
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RT @GuardianAus: Hannah Gadsby on culture wars, pot-stirring and Picasso: ‘I created that circus. I don’t need to watch it’
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RT @guardianculture: Laurie Anderson on making an AI chatbot of Lou Reed: ‘I’m totally, 100%, sadly addicted’
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RT @Catherine_Zen: Tonight on the Best of LNL @PhillipAdams_1 talks to @waltergibraltar about Rupert Murdoch - when he was a young lefty. A…
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I’ll allow it
The Guardian and Sony Pictures have inked a deal which will see Sony gain "exclusive first rights" to adapt Guardian journalism into film and television dramas and documentaries. The agreement covers both "current and developing news stories" and The Guardian's 200 year archive.
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