Canberra Red: Stories from the bush capital
Stories from the bush capital, straight from the people who know it.
Canberra is a city of stories, and Canberra Red gathers a generous handful of them. This collection of essays and vignettes digs past the roundabouts-and-public-servants clichés to find the real texture of life in the bush capital — its people, its places and its particular sense of humour about itself. Assembled by David Headon and Andrew MacKenzie, it is the kind of book that makes a longtime local nod in recognition and a newcomer suddenly understand the place. As a gift it is easy and characterful: drop it in a care package for a homesick Canberran, hand it to a visitor who wants more than the tourist trail, or give it to anyone who has ever argued that the capital is more interesting than it lets on.
- A lively anthology of writing about Canberra life
- Edited by David Headon and Andrew MacKenzie
- Essays and stories that capture the capital's real character
- A quick, characterful read for locals and visitors