MONDAY 31 MARCH 2025 | INSTORE EVENT
6.00pm for a 6.30pm start | 60 Mins
Join us for a discussion with Hamish McDonald about his book Melanesia: Travels in Black Oceania. Hamish is in conversation with Tess Newton Cain.
ABOUT THE BOOK
An immersive journey through the tumultuous past and fascinating present of Australia’s nearest neighbours
Stretching from Fiji in the east to New Guinea in the west, Melanesia is astonishingly diverse. Its islands are home to some 1200 language groups, many of them still isolated from the outside world. In Australia, this complex region tends to make the news only in times of crisis: military coups in Fiji, Kanak unrest in New Caledonia, rioting in Solomon Islands. Melanesia offers readers a deeper insight into the people and places behind these headlines, combining travelogue, history and astute political analysis.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Hamish McDonald is an award-winning Australian journalist. He has been correspondent and foreign editor for The Sydney Morning Herald and the Far Eastern Economic Review, reporting from the Pacific Islands, Indonesia, Japan, Hong Kong, New Delhi and Beijing as well as around Australia. His latest book is Melanesia: Travels in Black Oceania.
For more information and to book a place, click on Hamish McDonald – Melanesia – Avid Reader
Melanesia has been reviewed by QRC. Click on the title to read the full review.