John Bryson
Author, Journalist and Lecturer
A Long Weekend in Belfast
a novella sized piece covering the Ulster riots of 1986, fighting and intrigue between the Protestant brigades and the IRA.
Among the Very Foreign
four feature pieces from Kalimantan, Singapore, Taipei, Hong Kong, and one column piece from Samarinda.
- His Brow in Feathers, the Dyak Chieftain and His Equation for the Order of Time,
- Bugis Street Shoes,
- A Good Pirate Crew Can Swarm Sitting Down,
- Borneo Ferry,
- Parties All Over Town, which covered the Hong Kong Handover for News Limited.
Brilliant Artists in Trio: Song, Holography, Satire
Three feature pieces:
- Janet Baker, the Wind in Her Hair, catches opera’s Dame Janet at sea, practicing Elgar’s Sea Pictures.
- St Brigid and the Wizard, follows Paula Dawson constructing a hologram of the Holy Spirit for worshippers at St Brigid’s Church.
- Max Gillies, the Character Onstage, watches the gifted character actor perform political satire live to audiences.
Equatorial Americas, Three Revolutions
Comprising:
- In Panama, a Pantomime,
- The Play of Children, set in Haiti, and
- The Fall of Old Managua.
In Rage, to Rebellion
A volume in three pieces
- Backstage at the Revolution, treating the African National Congress’ theatre troupe,
- Red Ragger, profile of a disgruntled communist, and
- The Elemental Physick of Wrath, on the ignition of anger.
Islanders, Far South
three feature pieces on southern fishing communities,
- The Oldest Abalone Diver in the Business,
- Pride of the Crayfish Fleet,
- Digging Holes in the Sea,
and a fourth voyage,
- Tasmania, a Lovesong.
The Personality of War
A volume of four pieces:
- Dresden,
- Rehearsals for the Death of Taipei,
- The End of All Wars, and
- This Perilous winter in StMoritz.