Margaret Simons

Journalist & Writer

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Tanya Plibersek: On Her Own Terms
Author: Margaret Simons
Publisher: Black Inc.
Year: 2023
ISBN: 9781760643386

  • Review in The Age
  • Review in The Australian
  • Review in Australian Book Review
  • Review in Books+Publishing
  • Review in The Conversation
  • Review in Crikey
  • Review in Inside Story
  • Review in The Saturday Paper
  • Review in Women’s Agenda

Quarterly Essay: Cry Me a River
Author: Margaret Simons
Publisher: Black Inc.
Year: 2020
ISBN: 9781760642280

Penny Wong: Passion and Principle
Author: Margaret Simons
Publisher: Black Inc.
Year: 2019
ISBN: 9781760640859

  • Review in Inside Story
  • Review in The Age
  • Review in The Monthly

Six Square Metres: reflections from a small garden
Author: Margaret Simons
Publisher: Scribe
Year: 2015
ISBN: 9781925106831

  • Review in The Sydney Morning Herald

Kerry Stokes: Self-Made Man
Author: Margaret Simons
Publisher: Penguin
Year: 2013
ISBN: 9780143571377

  • Nomination for best non-fiction book, 2014 Walkley Awards
  • Winner of the Western Australia History Award, WA Premier’s Book Awards 2014

Journalism at the Crossroads: crisis and opportunity for the press
Author: Margaret Simons
Publisher: Scribe
Year: 2012
ISBN: 9781922070203

  • Video interview between Margaret Simons and Scribe publisher Henry Rosenbloom

Malcolm Fraser: The Political Memoirs
Authors: Malcolm Fraser & Margaret Simons
Publisher: Melbourne University Press
Year: 2010
ISBN: 9780522858099

  • Book of the Year, NSW Premier’s Literary Awards 2011
  • Douglas Stewart Prize for Non-Fiction, NSW Premier’s Literary Awards 2011
  • Review by Peter Baume in Online Opinion

The Content Makers: Understanding the Future of the Australian Media
Author: Margaret Simons
Publisher: Penguin
Year: 2007
ISBN: 9781742281827

  • Longlisted for best non-fiction book, 2009 Walkley Awards
  • Review by Mark Day in The Australian

Faith, Money and Power: What the Religious Revival Means for Politics
Author: Margaret Simons
Publisher: Pluto
Year: 2007
ISBN: 9780980292466
Latham’s World, Australian Quarterly Essay No. 15
Author: Margaret Simons
Publisher: Black Inc.
Year: September 2004
ISBN: 9781863951975

  • Review by Neal Blewett

Resurrection in a Bucket – The Rich and Fertile Story of Compost
Author: Margaret Simons
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
Year: 2004
ISBN: 9781865085883

  • Review in The Age
  • Review in The Sydney Morning Herald

The Meeting of the Waters: the Hindmarsh Island affair
Author: Margaret Simons
Publisher: Hodder Headline Australia
Year: 2003
ISBN: 9780733613487

  • Winner of the Queensland Premier’s Award for non-fiction 2003
  • Shortlisted for the New South Wales Premier’s Literary Award 2004
  • Shortlisted for the Adelaide Writers Festival Award 2004
  • Shortlisted for the Westfield-Waverley Library Award 2004

Fit to Print: inside the Canberra Press Gallery
Author: Margaret Simons
Publisher: UNSW Press
Year: 1999
ISBN: 9780868406497

  • Shortlisted for the New South Wales Premier’s Literary Award 2000

Wheelbarrows, Chooks and Children
Author: Margaret Simons
Publisher: New Holland Press
Year: 1999
ISBN: 9781864365344
The Truth Teller
Author: Margaret Simons
Publisher: Reed Books
Year: 1996
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9781863305341
The Ruthless Garden
Author: Margaret Simons
Publisher: Reed Books
Year: 1993
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9781863303460

  • Winner of the Angus and Robertson Bookworld Prize 1993
  • Shortlisted for the Vogel Award 1992

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