Peter Doyle on "The Last Boogie Woogie"
/In the Sydney Review of Books, the author of The Big Whatever unearths the back story of two legendary lives in the Australian music business.
You can read Peter Doyle's essay in The Conversation here
VCP author on the case of the Kingsgrove Slasher that gripped suburban Sydney in the late 1950s: link here
The Big Whatever book launch is this Sunday, and it's a hillbilly rebop party (courtesy of Satellite V) at Marrickville Bowling Club. Music 4:30 to 7:30, launch at around 6:30. Launcher-in-chief is Fiona McGregor; MC will be James Scanlon. All welcome, kids too. Free.
It's at the State Library of New South Wales in Sydney. http://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/events/exhibitions/2015/pulp_confidential/index.html
There's also an amazing guide to the exhibit you can download as a PDF: http://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/events/exhibitions/2015/pulp_confidential/docs/slnsw_pulp_guide.pdf
Opening February 7. Short preview here, full details to follow