After the games: Catherine Harris on ‘The Family Men’
The Family Men (Black Inc., September) explores the fallout from an AFL football team’s post-season celebration. ‘[It’s] a nuanced indictment of a sporting culture that forgives appalling behaviour in our...
Jingle balls
One of the biggest books of the season is Ricky Ponting’s Ponting: At the Close of Play. Published by HarperSport in November, the book coincides with Ponting’s retirement from all...
Haigh wins 2013 Cricket Society and MCC Book of the Year Award
Australian author Gideon Haigh has won the 2013 Cricket Society and MCC Book of the Year Award in the UK for his book On Warne (Hamish Hamilton). Haigh was announced...
Dad’s the word: Upcoming father’s day titles
Spare dads the socks and ties this year with a selection of well-chosen Father’s Day titles. Kate Blackwood rounds up some of the best. Sports and music For sports-mad dads...