A reminder that this launch/book conversation is 3pm this Saturday, 11 July, at Manning Clark House, Canberra. Join us to discuss and celebrate Rowan Cahill's wonderful memoir Cold War Kid. Bookings at the link below.

From the Australian Historical Association team: Australians are hungry for new history books – but historians are pressured not to publish locally theconversation.com/australians-...

Me on: Hanson has tapped into angst about immigration, but it remains central to the Australian story theconversation.com/hanson-has-t...

Paul Kelly has written a big book about the Abbott-Turnbull-Morrison era. I'm looking forward to discussing it with him on 20 July in the ANU Meet the Author series, convened by that champion bookman, Colin Steele. Registration: www.anu.edu.au/events/meet-... #ourANU via @ANUmedia

Me on Hanson at the Press Club.http://inside.org.au/once-a-liberal

A History of Utopia University (And no, I'm not the author) aph.org.au/2026/06/utop...

I'm looking forward to talking with Rowan Cahill about his new book Cold War Kid - a splendid memoir that is also a history of modern Australia - at Manning Clark House, Canberra, on Saturday 11 July 2026, 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM. Bookings available at: www.trybooking.com/events/landi...

I'm much looking forward to talking with Bob Bowker at the launch of his historical novel, Endless River, at Paperchain, Manuka, Canberra, this Tuesday 2 June at 5pm. Do join us! Free event and bookings at: events.humanitix.com/launch-of-en...

Josh Black and I will be in conversation with Naomi Parry Duncan, this Saturday, 30 May, at Gardners Inn Hotel, Blackheath, at 4pm on our book on the Hawke Government. If you're going to be in the Blue Mountains, come and share your thoughts and memories! gleebooks.com.au/pages/14377-...

Calling Blue Mountains residents and visitors: book now (preferably today) to see @frankbongiorno.bsky.social and Josh Black and me at Blackheath this Saturday! www.trybooking.com/events/landi...

Bookings are still open for tonight - Monday 18 May at 6pm, Kambri Cultural Centre, ANU, Canberra for Peter Yu, Marija Taflaga and Joshua Black in conversation with me on Gold Standard: Remembering the Hawke Government. Free event. www.anu.edu.au/events/meet-... #ourANU via @ANUmedia

Me on: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Inside Story, based on my launch speech for Patrick Mullins's The Stained Man. inside.org.au/bombast-of-b...

Pleased to see my entry on Dr Derek Llewellyn-Jones, best known as the author of "Everywoman" (1971), published in the Australian Dictionary of Biography. The ADB continues to publish biographies of Australians active in every aspect of the nation's life. adb.anu.edu.au/biography/ll...

Me on: The times seem to suit Anthony Albanese. So why isn’t he more popular? theconversation.com/the-times-se...

Me on One Nation and its effects on the Coalition - and an historical analogy. (And so good to see Inside Story back in action) inside.org.au/stuck-in-the...

David Lee, historian of UNSW Canberra, continues the Australian Historical Association series with the Guardian - great insights on fuel crises of the past. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

I'm so looking forward to speaking with Patty O'Brien about her marvellous biography of Errol Flynn at 6pm on Wednesday 1 April in the ANU Meet the Author series at the Australian National University (Kambri) - free event but register below! www.anu.edu.au/events/meet-...

📚 BOOK LAUNCH 📚 What really happened in the 2025 election? Hosted by renowned journalist Nick Bryant, join leading experts for the launch of 'Landslide: The 2025 Australian Federal Election'. 🗓️ 16 April ⏰ 6 pm 📍National Library of Australia Register 👇 www.library.gov.au/whats-on/eve...

My contribution - on universities - to a retrospective series at the excellent Inside Story: The preservation of pure self-interest, on Inside Story insidestory.org.au/the-preserva...

Jenny Hocking at the National Archives of Australia 5pm, Wednesday 18 February on the Dismissal! www.eventbrite.com.au/e/speakers-c...

Looking forward to delivering the Canberra Day Oration at the National Library of Australia, at 6pm on 12 March. The topic is: 'Does history have a future in Canberra?' Free event, but registrations at: www.library.gov.au/whats-on/eve...

Great to see this event we organised, with funds from @auspsa.bsky.social and featuring George Megalogenis, @frankbongiorno.bsky.social @bspiesbutcher.bsky.social @lizhumphrys.bsky.social & @emilyrosefoley.bsky.social has been made into a podcast by UTS Impact Studios. pod.link/1760672339/e...

Delighted to have talked with Mark Kenny and Marija Taflaga on this week's episode of Democracy Sausage. reporter.anu.edu.au/all-stories/...

My keynote, from the just-finished Labour History conference 'The Spirit of 1975' at Melbourne Trades Hall, part of the Congress of HASS. The Dismissal from below, on Inside Story inside.org.au/the-dismissa...

LABOUR HISTORY SOCIETY (CANBERRA REGION BRANCH) Frank Bongiorno and James Watson, THE DISMISSAL FROM BELOW 6 pm on Friday 14 November in Lectorial Room One, RSSS Building, ANU.

Delighted that the University of Canberra has announced my appointment as Donald Horne Professor of History and Public Ideas, and Director of UC's new Vice-Chancellor's Centre of Public Ideas. Looking forward to developing this exciting initiative from early 2026. www.canberra.edu.au/about-uc/med...

Peter Browne's Inside Story Newsletter revived for me memories of writing this account of Barnaby Joyce's memoir a few years back: Poor white bloke, on Inside Story inside.org.au/poor-white-b...

This conversation between two authors of recent and wonderful Australian social histories, Emily Gallagher and Anne-Marie Condé, is just one of dozens of Canberra Writers Festival events being held over 22-26 October at multiple venues. Check them out at: www.canberrawritersfestival.com.au

The Canberra Writers Festival begins this week (22-26 October 2025). I'll be in conversation with David Day on Bob Hawke on Sunday, but it is only one event in a rich program! Tickets available for many events at multiple venues. Check them out at: tickets.canberrawritersfestival.com.au/Events

Hugh Mackay - one of our wisest - and the splendid Alex Sloan are in conversation at the ANU on Monday, 3 November at 6pm on Hugh's beaut "Just Saying: Exploring twenty-five remarkable quotations to enlighten, challenge and inspire." Free, but bookings at: events.humanitix.com/meet-the-aut...

Me on three recent Labor/labour history books. inside.org.au/larrikins-le...

My appreciative review of Tony Abbott's Australia: A History. www.theguardian.com/books/2025/o...

Past/Present is an Australian Historical Association initiative, in partnership with the Guardian, looking at current events in historical context. Here's an excellent piece by Roland Burke on early international efforts to deal with misinformation/disinformation. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Much looking forward to this conversation with David Day on his new Bob Hawke biography at the Canberra Writers Festival (Museum of Australian Democracy) on Sunday, 26 October. Bookings for all events available at: It's going to be a brilliant Festival! www.canberrawritersfestival.com.au

Emily Gallagher's "Playtime" is Non-fiction Pick of the Week: "superbly realised, often haunting ... Gallagher has a genuine lyrical flair ... a thoroughly engaging piece of imaginative historical writing, always thoughtful and quite often moving." www.smh.com.au/culture/book...

'Gallagher writes with an elegant assurance.' inside.org.au/authors-of-t...

Join us at 6pm Tuesday 23 September at UTS in Sydney for this one! Places still available. events.humanitix.com/a-new-austra...

The judges also awarded a commendation for the Max Kelly Award to Saskia Roberts for her essay ‘The world was being opened to me’: Where Did I Come From?, girls’ reading and sexual knowledge in Australia Read Saskia's comments on receiving a commendation via buff.ly/oPiYLzJ 📷 Tim Harris, TWH

The winner of the 2025 Jill Roe Regional History Award is Zoe Smith, for her essay, ‘No Place for a Woman’: Historicising rural, regional, and remote domestic violence in late-nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century Australia Read Zoe's statement and the judges comments via buff.ly/oPiYLzJ 📷 TWH

#AUListen #DemocracySausage 🎙️ Historian @frankbongiorno.bsky.social joins @markgkenny.bsky.social & @marijataflaga.bsky.social to dissect the Liberal Party's existential crisis and asks whether Australia's 'natural party of government' is heading for collapse. 🎧 ausi.anu.edu.au/news/latest-....

Graeme Turner on the dangerous vacuum left by the 'slow politics' of centrism. graemeturner.org/2025/09/02/t...

Social Sciences Week 2025 event! Join www.chass.org.au for my conversation with Cassandra Atherton, Tracy O’Shaughnessy and Jessica Wilkinson on their prize-winning project. Monday, 8 September at 4:00 pm to 5:00 pm AEST More details and Zoom link also at: socialsciencesweek.org.au/event/poetic...

I much enjoyed speaking with Tegan Taylor on ABC RN Life Matters on universities. www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...

The remarkable (and as far as I'm aware unprecedented) Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia statement on the Australian National University, the Australian Dictionary of Biography, the Australian National Dictionary, and national research infrastructure. socialsciences.org.au/news/stateme...

Michelle Arrow, Anna Clark and Frank Bongiorno’s co-authored piece in The Conversation. @michellearrow.bsky.social @frankbongiorno.bsky.social @ouranu.bsky.social @utsengage.bsky.social #MacquarieUniversity

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"Professor Parry has defended the Change Proposals by stating that the ADB could easily have been cut altogether. She appears to regard the ADB as an academic unit within the gift of the dean rather than as a collaborative national institution" inside.org.au/the-jewel-in...