Monash University Publishing and Gleebooks are delighted to invite you to the launch of

Full Coverage

A History of Rock Journalism in Australia

Join us for a conversation with the author and Clinton Walker

Date: Thursday 21 September at 6 for 6.30pm start

Venue: Gleebooks
181a Glebe Point Road Glebe, NSW 2037

Please RSVP here by Monday 18 September

‘‘A must-read for anyone interested in a nuts-and-bolts history of the Australian music scene’ Books+Publishing

About the speakers

 Samuel J. Fell is an Australian journalist and critic. He is a senior contributor to roots music bible Rhythms and a critic for The Sydney Morning Herald. His work has appeared widely, including in Rolling Stone, The Guardian, The Saturday Paper, Australian Financial Review, VICE and Crikey. His previous book is Stars & Hype: First-Time Notes on the American Deep South (2016).

Clinton Walker is an independent Australian writer/producer who across five decades has published a dozen books and worked extensively in journalism, television and in music on stage, screen and record. Sydney’s Sun-Herald called him “our best chronicler of Australian grass-roots culture.” He calls himself a loose cannon. His greatest hits include Buried Country, Inner City Sound, Highway to Hell, Stranded and The Suburban Songbook, all extending to either multi-media including soundtrack CDs and/or global reach. For three years he was the co-presenter of ABC-TV’s late night live music show Studio 22. In 2018, his graphic-history book Deadly Woman Blues was controversially withdrawn from sale. He is currently writing a musical set in Russia in 1913, and next year will see the release of his book in the celebrated 33 1/3 series about Saturday Night Fever.

Monash University Publishing and The Book Room at Byron are delighted to invite you to the launch of

Full Coverage

A History of Rock Journalism in Australia

Join us for a conversation with the author and Marty Jones

Date: Thursday 14 September at 6.00-7.30pm

Venue: The Book Room at Byron
27 Fletcher St, Byron Bay NSW 2481

Please RSVP here by Monday  11 September.

Note that there is a $10 ticket entry (includes a glass of wine)

‘‘A must-read for anyone interested in a nuts-and-bolts history of the Australian music scene’ Books+Publishing

About the speakers

 Samuel J. Fell is an Australian journalist and critic. He is a senior contributor to roots music bible Rhythms and a critic for The Sydney Morning Herald. His work has appeared widely, including in Rolling Stone, The Guardian, The Saturday Paper, Australian Financial Review, VICE and Crikey. His previous book is Stars & Hype: First-Time Notes on the American Deep South (2016).

Marty Jones studied psychology and literature at Monash University, University of California and Auckland University, graduating with a Master of Arts. His academic ambitions were ambushed by the world of music journalism; he wrote for The Age, The Australian, and Australia’s first music website Addicted To Noise before becoming Music Editor at Inpress and then Editor and Publisher of Rhythms magazine. He escaped just in time and now runs Valiant Music records and guitars in Brunswick Heads. 

Monash University Publishing and Avid Reader are delighted to invite you to the launch of

Full Coverage

A History of Rock Journalism in Australia

Join us for a conversation with the author and Steve Bell

Date: Sunday 17 September at 2 for 2.30pm start

Venue: Avid Reader Bookshop
193 Boundary Street, West End QLD 4101
(07) 3846 3422  books@avidreader.com.au

Please RSVP here by Thursday 13 September

‘‘A must-read for anyone interested in a nuts-and-bolts history of the Australian music scene’ Books+Publishing

About the speakers

 Samuel J. Fell is an Australian journalist and critic. He is a senior contributor to roots music bible Rhythms and a critic for The Sydney Morning Herald. His work has appeared widely, including in Rolling Stone, The Guardian, The Saturday Paper, Australian Financial Review, VICE and Crikey. His previous book is Stars & Hype: First-Time Notes on the American Deep South (2016).

Having walked away from a promising legal career to chase his musical passions Steve Bell has been documenting the Brisbane and Australian music scenes for more than 25 years, firstly as a journalist for street press publications Time Off and The Music where he still writes to this day – having previously spent a decade as Brisbane print editor – as well as expanding into the freelance world and writing regularly for publications such as Rhythms magazine. He’s also spent countless years on air in the radio realms talking music on both 4ZZZ and ABC Brisbane, and is the co-owner of Brisbane indie record shop Sonic Sherpa and local indie label Coolin’ By Sound, all leading to a rounded appreciation of the wider industry.

Monash University Publishing and Readings Bookshop are delighted to invite you to the launch of

Full Coverage

A History of Rock Journalism in Australia

Join us for a conversation with the author and Billy Pinnell

Date: Tuesday 19 September at 6 for 6.30pm start

Venue: Readings Bookshop
Woi Wurrung Country, 309 Lygon St, Carlton, Victoria, 3053
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Please RSVP here by Friday 15 September

‘‘A must-read for anyone interested in a nuts-and-bolts history of the Australian music scene’ Books+Publishing

About the speakers

 Samuel J. Fell is an Australian journalist and critic. He is a senior contributor to roots music bible Rhythms and a critic for The Sydney Morning Herald. His work has appeared widely, including in Rolling Stone, The Guardian, The Saturday Paper, Australian Financial Review, VICE and Crikey. His previous book is Stars & Hype: First-Time Notes on the American Deep South (2016).

Billy Pinnell is a music broadcaster and writer, and a big fan of Sam’s Rhythms Magazine contributions. He’s a life-long Collingwood supporter and, with Sam, long-time admirer of Michael Bloomfield’s recordings.