Three weeks in Bali: a personal account of the Bali bombing

by Alan Atkinson

Alan Atkinson has worked for the ABC for more than 20 years and is currently Day Editor in the Adelaide ABC newsroom. He has also worked for newspapers in Australia and overseas, including the Sydney Morning Herald and the Adelaide Advertiser, the London Guardian and the Scotsman in Edinburgh. He is married with two children - his family was with him in Bali on holiday when he was woken with news of the bombing. He was one of the first Western journalists on the scene. His radio and tV broadcasts on the morning after the bombing - which included eye-witness accounts and the first reliable death toll - were heard across Australia, earning him a Walkley Award nomination. He has won several other media awards, including Journalist of the Year in South Australia.

111 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2002

Reviews

[Alexandra Daw · Rating 4 out of 5]

A short but informative perspective of the tragic events of 2002. I can't believe it was 13 years ago.

[Harry Chua · Rating 2 out of 5]

Alan Atkinson is a journalist for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC). He and his family were on vacation in Bali, a destination resort, an island in the Indonesian archipelago, when unnamed terrorists bombed two packed nightclubs.

This book has a complete part translated into Indonesian. However I feel upset that the author's main concern was only with Australians as he entered most of the accounts purely based on victims who were Australians. Many more people passed away, many many more lives were ruined, on that same terrible night, than only those sharing citizenship with the author. By his failing to see that, by failing to feel them, non-Westerners may get the idea that the beaches and the Balinese, are only props for a foreign play — comedy or tragedy, all the same.