Anna Funder

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    Anna Funder | The Nation Reviewed | March 2010 | Society & Culture
    Not long ago I stood at the edge of my local pool in inner Sydney looking forward to getting a load off my feet – not that I had seen them for a while. I was in the last week of my third pregnancy, and my feet, along with quite a bit of the rest of me, had long since disappeared from view. Apart...
  • Anna Funder on courage: Sydney PEN 3 Voices Project
    Following an introduction by Tom Keneally, Anna Funder delivers the third public lecture in the 2008 series of Sydney PEN Voices: The 3 Writers Project. Speaking on the subject of courage - in particular its relationship with political power - she begins with an account of the final actions of Russi... » play video
  • Anna Funder on courage (p2): Sydney PEN 3 Voices Project
    Anna Funder delivers the third public lecture in the 2008 series of Sydney PEN Voices: The 3 Writers Project. Speaking on the subject of courage - in particular its relationship with political power - she begins with an account of the final actions of Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya (with whom... » play video
  • Anna Funder on courage: Sydney PEN 3 Voices Project 2008
    Following an introduction by Tom Keneally, Anna Funder delivers the third public lecture in the 2008 series of Sydney PEN Voices: The 3 Writers Project. Speaking on the subject of courage - in particular its relationship with political power - she begins with an account of the final actions of Russi... » play video
  • Anna Funder on courage (p2): Sydney PEN 3 Voices Project
    Anna Funder delivers the third public lecture in the 2008 series of Sydney PEN Voices: The 3 Writers Project. Speaking on the subject of courage - in particular its relationship with political power - she begins with an account of the final actions of Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya (with whom... » play video
  • SlowTV: Philippe Sands and Anna Funder discuss torture and the human rights abuses of Guantanamo Bay

    Anna Funder | Human Rights | Melbourne | Melbourne Writers Festival | Public event | Torture | Society
    Philippe Sands and Anna Funder discuss torture and the human rights abuses of Guantanamo Bay
    Professor of International Law Philippe Sands (author of the acclaimed Torture Team) tells Anna Funder how Donald Rumsfeld, with his acceding signature, pushed the United States beyond the pale of international law and directly towards the abuses of Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo Bay. In the searching co... » play video
  • SlowTV: Philippe Sands and Anna Funder discuss torture and the human rights abuses of Guantanamo Bay (p2)

    Anna Funder | Human Rights | Melbourne | Melbourne Writers Festival | Public event | Torture
    Philippe Sands and Anna Funder discuss torture and the human rights abuses of Guantanamo Bay (p2)
    Professor of International Law Philippe Sands (author of the acclaimed Torture Team) tells Anna Funder how Donald Rumsfeld, with his acceding signature, pushed the United States beyond the pale of international law and directly towards the abuses of Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo Bay. They discuss the im... » play video
  • All Bogans Here

    Anna Funder | The Nation Reviewed | November 2007 | Media | Society & Culture
    In a recent Chaser sketch, Julian Morrow dressed up as a "citizens' infringement officer" in a yellow fluoro jacket. He walked the streets of inner Sydney conducting a baby-name audit. Where appropriate, he handed out fines. "Sebastian," a Balmain mother said proudly,...