Into The Woods: The Battle For Tasmania's Forests

For many years, the Tasmanian wilderness has been the site of a fierce struggle. At stake is the future of old-growth forests. Loggers and police face off with protesters deep in the forest, while savage political games are played in the courts and parliaments.

In Into the Woods, Anna Krien, armed with a notebook, a sleeping bag and a rusty sedan, ventures behind the battlelines to see what it is like to risk everything for a cause. She speaks to ferals and premiers, sawmillers and whistle-blowers. She investigates personalities and convictions, methods and motives. This is a book about a company that wanted its way and the resistance that eventually forced it to change.

Updated with a new afterword, Into the Woods is intimate, intrepid reporting by a fearless new voice.

Praise

‘Anna Krien’s intimate, urgent book pulsates with life and truth.’ — Chloe Hooper

‘Anna Krien in Australia’s young, female Hunter S. Thompson.’ — Amanda Lohrey

‘Closely observed and beautifully written.’ — The Monthly

‘A beautifully wrought, deeply thoughtful on-the-ground look at the struggle over Tasmania’s forests’ — Bookseller + Publisher

‘A highly readable book … that comprehensively explains the causes, history and the “truths” of logging in Tasmania.’ — The Big Issue

‘Krien has produced a riveting piece of reportage.’ — The Herald Sun

‘[A] penetrating, insightful account of the history and current state of the decades-long battle over Tasmania’s endangered forests.’ — The Advertiser

‘Written in lean and handsome prose, I reckon Into the Woods might just qualify for that most hackneyed of critical adjectives in the book trade: “important”.’ — Crikey

Awards

Winner of the Literary or Media Award Advancing Public Debate in the 2011 QLD Premier’s Literary Awards

Winner of the People’s Choice Award in the 2011 Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards

Shortlisted in the 2011 NSW Premier’s Literary Awards, WA Premier’s Literary Awards and the ABIA Newcomer of the Year Award