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Benjamin Solah

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Benjamin Solah is a writer of truth, fiction and poetry, a spoken word artist and revolutionary socialist. His words and stories have been presented on pages, screens, through microphones on stages, and even through megaphones at protests and demonstrations. Raised in Campbelltown in the South-West of Sydney, he currently lives in Brunswick West, Melbourne where he is studying a BA in Creative Writing at RMIT University.

His writing is influenced by his opposition to capitalism and it’s many horrors, Marxism, horror and speculative fiction as well as realist novelists such as John Steinbeck and Upton Sinclair. His spoken word also draws on influences from revolutionary orators such as Mario Savio and hardcore metal music. His work is unasham...more

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Review: Father’s Day by Tony Birch

You know that feeling when you get on a reading roll? You finish a few books in quick succession and it’s like you’ve taken on this momentum. You have to be lucky with the books you pick though or you bog yourself in something that allows itself to be put down midway through and forgotten about. Tony Birch’s second collection of short stories, Father’s Day was certainly not one of those books t...

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	Nothing but Flowers: Tales of Post Apocalyptic Love by Jodi Cleghorn (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Sam Adamson (Contributing author), Rebecca Dobbie (Contributing author) 4.73 of 5 stars 4.73 avg rating — 30 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	50 Stories for Pakistan by Robert J. McCarter (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Joanne Fox (Contributor), Trevor Belshaw (Contributor) 4.76 of 5 stars 4.76 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 2010	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Chinese Whisperings: The Yin and Yang Book by Paul Anderson (Editor), Jodi Cleghorn (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Jen Brubacher (Goodreads Author) 4.88 of 5 stars 4.88 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 2010 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Eighty Nine by Jodi Cleghorn (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Paul Anderson, Rebecca L. Dobbie 4.47 of 5 stars 4.47 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 2011	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Chinese Whisperings: The Yang Book by Jodi Cleghorn (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Christopher Chartrand (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Jason Coggins (Contributor) 5.0 of 5 stars 5.00 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2010	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Emerging Writer: an Insider's Guide to Your Writing Journey by Karen Pickering (Editor), Christy Dena (Contributor), Johannes Jakob (Contributor) 4.2 of 5 stars 4.20 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2012	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Deck the Halls by Jodi Cleghorn (Goodreads Author) (Editor/Contributor), Jo Hart (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Jen Brubacher (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.75 of 5 stars 4.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2012	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Geek Mook by Aaron Mannion (Editor), Julian Novitz (Editor), Benjamin Solah (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.5 of 5 stars 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2012	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hope by Sasha Beattie (Editor), Paul Haines (Goodreads Author), Jodi Cleghorn (Goodreads Author) 4.14 of 5 stars 4.14 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Benang: From the Heart

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The Trial

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Welcome to the Terrordome: The Pain, Politics and Promise of Sports

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Benjamin Solah rated a book 4 of 5 stars Father's Day by Tony Birch read in May, 2013	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
You know that feeling when you get on a reading roll? You finish a few books in quick succession and it’s like you’ve taken on this momentum. You have to be lucky with the books you pick though or you bog yourself in something that allows itself to b...more
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Benjamin Solah rated a book 5 of 5 stars Loaded by Christos Tsiolkas read in April, 2013	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
I read it in just two-sittings last week, on the way to Perth and then back again. I read The Slap a few years ago and it’s a novel I still think about, and had been meaning to read more of his work, and my friends had raved about Loaded. It is sharp...more
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Benjamin Solah rated a book 5 of 5 stars In The Penal Colony by Franz Kafka read in April, 2013	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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