Books and Blokes – Mike Carlton

 

“Mike Carlton seems to have lived several lives. Annoyingly, each one more entertaining than the last” Andrew Denton

When:  WEDNESDAY 31 October 2018
Time: 7:30am
Where: Resources Centre
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Mike Carlton was born to controversy. His father Jimmy, a Joeys old boy, renowned Olympic athlete and later a Catholic priest, married his mother after a whirlwind wartime courtship. Six years later, Jimmy Carlton died in his wife’s arms, felled by asthma.

It was a tough beginning. Unable to afford a university education, he left school at sixteen to begin a life in journalism that would propel him to the top, as one of Australia’s best-known media figures. In an often turbulent career of more than fifty years he has been a war correspondent, political reporter, a TV news and current affairs reporter, an award-winning radio presenter in both Sydney and London, an outspoken newspaper columnist and a biting satirist. In later life he realised a lifelong ambition — to write three bestselling books of Australian naval history.

On Air is his story, no holds barred. With characteristic humour and flair, Mike tells of the feuds and the friendships, the fun and the follies, writing candidly of the extraordinary parade of characters and events he has encountered in the unique life he has led.

Taken from https://www.penguin.com.au/books/on-air-9780857987808

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Linda Roden

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