Sally Young’s Paper Emperors: The Rise of Australia’s Newspaper Empires is a timely corporate and political history of Australian newspapers spanning 140 years and a handful of dynastic empires. Come along to hear Young in conversation with Michael Bachelard, The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald’s foreign and investigations editor, for an essential discussion of the relationship between media and politics.

This event is free, but please book here.

Celebrating 50 years of Readings

Readings is celebrating our 50 year history in 2019. To honour the stories that have emerged from the books on our shelves, we are hosting 50 special events that illustrate passion, artistry and Australian literature. We hope you will join us.

This is the sixth event of the series.