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The Media and the Massacre

The Media and the Massacre

Port Arthur 1996-2016

by Sonya Voumard
Paperback
Publication Date: 01/04/2016

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Longlisted for the 2017 Stella Prize

Sonya Voumard's The Media and the Massacre is a chilling portrayal of journalism, betrayal, and storytelling surrounding the 1996 Port Arthur massacre.

Inspired, in part, by renowned American author Janet Malcolm's famously controversial work The Journalist and the Murderer, Voumard's elegant new work of literary non-fiction examines the fascinating theme of 'the writer's treachery.'

The author brings to bear her own journalistic experiences, ideas and practices in a riveting inquiry into her profession that is part-memoir and part ethical investigation. One of her case studies is the 2009 book Born about the perpetrator of the Port Arthur massacre, Martin Bryant, and his mother Carleen Bryant. Carleen sued, and received an undisclosed settlement, over the best-selling book's use of her personal manuscript.

In the lead-up to the 20th anniversary of the Port Arthur massacre, The Media and the Massacre explores the nature of journalistic intent and many of the wider moral and social issues of the storytelling surrounding the events and their place in our cultural memory

ISBN:
9780994395719
9780994395719
Category:
Crime & criminology
Format:
Paperback
Publication Date:
01-04-2016
Publisher:
Transit Lounge Publishing
Country of origin:
Australia
Dimensions (mm):
234x153mm

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