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Books That Made Us

And what better outsideris there than someone who wasn't bornin their own body?

And what better outsider
is there than someone who wasn't born
in their own body?

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And what better outsider is there than someone
00:00:04.008 --> 00:00:05.008
who wasn't born in their own body?
Duration
6 seconds
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18
Timestamp in Movie
00:38:28
Uploaded
May 28, 2025
Season
1
Episode
1
Genres
documentary

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An inspiring documentary series, presented by Claudia Karvan, that takes us on a journey to celebrate our love of books, meet our great storytellers and explore our Australian identity.
S01 • E01 MAN: Although it's a very conservative and ordinary - Books That Made Us 00:11
MAN: Although it's a very conservative and ordinary
S01 • E03 Was not inevitable. "Imagine sailing on one of those very fine days - Books That Made Us 00:15
Was not inevitable. "Imagine sailing on one of those ve...
S01 • E01 In its treatment of gender and gender roles. - Books That Made Us 00:04
In its treatment of gender and gender roles.
S01 • E02 "'How long will it take me, do you think, - Books That Made Us 00:09
"'How long will it take me, do you think,
S01 • E01 And we went through this with the fight for gay rights, - Books That Made Us 00:10
And we went through this with the fight for gay rights,
S01 • E03 "Bobby felt like a bird rising on a sweep of air. - Books That Made Us 00:05
"Bobby felt like a bird rising on a sweep of air.
S01 • E03 "Bobby felt like a bird "He felt like a dolphin - Books That Made Us 00:07
"Bobby felt like a bird "He felt like a dolphin
S01 • E01 But people had it much worse in, you know, the '70s and the '80s. - Books That Made Us 00:06
But people had it much worse in, you know, the '70s and...
S01 • E02 "I'll say to myself every morning as I squat on the dunny, - Books That Made Us 00:25
"I'll say to myself every morning as I squat on th...
S01 • E03 "slipping easily "The deck tilted mostly one way, - Books That Made Us 00:25
"slipping easily "The deck tilted mostly one way,
S01 • E01 And the one thing that helped people through - Books That Made Us 00:05
And the one thing that helped people through
S01 • E01 'Honeybee' is the first best-selling Australian novel - Books That Made Us 00:08
'Honeybee' is the first best-selling Australian no...
S01 • E01 Written by a cisgender man, it's caused some controversy - Books That Made Us 00:09
Written by a cisgender man, it's caused some controvers...
S01 • E02 I don't understand how their brains just wouldn't go to mush in the heat. - Books That Made Us 00:05
I don't understand how their brains just wouldn't ...
S01 • E03 ..I think we'll be fine, ultimately, but for the country? - Books That Made Us 00:06
..I think we'll be fine, ultimately, but for the countr...
S01 • E02 So I think for an author to create a novel here in Brisbane, - Books That Made Us 00:09
So I think for an author to create a novel here in Brisbane,
S01 • E03 I'm gonna go meet Kim Scott, who wrote 'That Deadman Dance'. - Books That Made Us 00:05
I'm gonna go meet Kim Scott, who wrote 'That Deadm...
S01 • E03 It's a very sort of little known time of Australian history - Books That Made Us 00:16
It's a very sort of little known time of Australian his...
S01 • E01 Well, I contacted Alyce as part of my process of consultation - Books That Made Us 00:07
Well, I contacted Alyce as part of my process of consultatio...
S01 • E02 More than 40 years on from David Malouf's 'Johnno', - Books That Made Us 00:11
More than 40 years on from David Malouf's 'Johnno&...