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Harrowing book exposes a horrific secret that was ‘too big to be told before’
"Ghosts of the Orphanage is Christine Kenneally’s harrowing exploration of institutional child abuse centred on a former Catholic orphanage… It is a measure of her nous as a journalist, as well as her patience and persistence, that she uncovered as much information...
A BuzzFeed writer exposed abuse at a Vermont Orphanage
"Journalist Christine Kenneally sparked worldwide headlines in 2018 when her BuzzFeed exposé about a history of abuse at Burlington’s now-closed St. Joseph’s Orphanage spurred local and state authorities to launch a review that confirmed misconduct, if not the story’s...
Review: ‘Ghosts of the Orphanage’, by Christine Kenneally
"The stories from St. Joseph's were so appalling that it was difficult for authorities — and for Kenneally, at first — to believe them. Surely the 50-year-old memories were flawed? Surely the children had imagined these things? But over 10 years of reporting,...
Stella Prize Shortlist 2015
The Invisible History of the Human Race has made the 2015 Stella Prize shortlist. Here's what the judges had to say: The sciences and the humanities are traditionally thought of as separate, or even as opposite, fields of study and endeavour, but Christine...
Stella Prize Longlist 2015
Foreign Soil by Maxine Beneba Clarke (Hachette) The Strays by Emily Bitto (Affirm Press) Only the Animals by Ceridwen Dovey (Penguin) This House of Grief by Helen Garner (Text Publishing) Golden Boys by Sonya Hartnett (Penguin) The Invisible History of the Human Race...
Best of
The 19 Best Nonfiction Books Of 2014 "...a fascinating and wide-ranging investigation of our obsession with ancestry and genetics" BuzzFeed Books Christmas Gift Guide Local writer Christine Kenneally is winning rave reviews,...
The Limits of Biological Psychiatry
Does Autism Hold the Key to What Makes Humans Special?
Three New Books Explore the Machinery of the Mind
Maria Popova Weaves Together Stories of Human Ingenuity
‘The Tattooist of Auschwitz’ and the History in Historical Fiction
When Language Can Hold the Answer
“The Hedgehog, the Fox, and the Magister’s Pox”
Power From the People Breaks the Hold of Batteries and Plugs
Drawing the Map of the Life by Victor McElheny
Through the Language Glass by Guy Deutscher
Adam’s Tongue by Derek Bickerton & Finding Our Tongue by Dean Falk
Freedom from Selection Lets Genes Get Creative
The World in Six Songs by Daniel J. Levitin
Thousand Mile Song by David Rothenberg
