Bernie Dowling has a unique voice that really brings his columns to
life. I highly recommend this to anyone that enjoys Australian humour. Even if
you don't laugh you will be entertained and informed. My favourite is the
Slanguage chapter. For the record I say 'marown'.
Bernie Dowling has compiled years of journalistic endeavors into one
compendium, along with pictures (some of them quite funny), and has thus given
readers "7 Shouts". For the individual with a love of journalism, an
open-minded viewpoint on all things living, and often insightful blurbs on
life, I highly recommend this book. Love, tragedy, success, and history--it's
all there in the funny, intelligent, and sometimes satirical voice of Dowling.
Definitely a getaway read for the nonfiction crowd :)
Read to the end
By Lorraine R. Noscov
Not often have I picked up a book to read and
wanted to keep reading until I had finished the book.
7 Shouts by Bernie Dowling is a light-hearted read of historical and some hysterical interesting snippets from the Northern Times Newspaper. It is a pleasant walk down memory lane for anyone who has lived in the Pine Rivers Shire, now Moreton Bay Shire, during 2001 and 2008.
Lorraine R. Noscov
7 Shouts by Bernie Dowling is a light-hearted read of historical and some hysterical interesting snippets from the Northern Times Newspaper. It is a pleasant walk down memory lane for anyone who has lived in the Pine Rivers Shire, now Moreton Bay Shire, during 2001 and 2008.
Lorraine R. Noscov
Wonderful
appreciation
R. Holt
Author Dowling has a wonderful appreciation of
the issues affecting local people and his witty use of the English and
Australian languages enhance the book’s entertainment value. His ‘best of’
columns broadly range between being informative, questioning, educational, and
humorous while he has a knack of subtly promoting local events and people. The
cover is attractive and the book would interest readers of short stories
involving real life events.
Instant
classics
H.Pietsch
Easy and relaxing reading with interesting
facts along the way. Some of the author's comments, I like to declare as
instant classics.
Customer Reviews
Average 4.0 out of 5 stars
Publisher’s
summary
A comic
journey from the edge of the city into the heartland of the metropolis passing
through the mullet festival, the school fete and the rural show.
Journalist Bernie Dowling and his readers embrace and defy physical prescriptions such as the Russell Crowe Law of Fame and the Barck Obama Version of Australian Slang.
Before their eyes leap cultural icons such as the french poodles Fi Fi and Fa Fa which enter the sheep-dog trials and the impoverished teenager trying to win a date with pop singer Delta Goodrem
OIympic athletes, a US president, a deposed Australian Prime Minister greet them along strange detours to solve historical mysteries.
Signposts along the way are unusual photos and links to crazy songs and weird facts.
7 Shouts is a classic contemporary doco of a world gone mad, but still a heap of fun.
Journalist Bernie Dowling and his readers embrace and defy physical prescriptions such as the Russell Crowe Law of Fame and the Barck Obama Version of Australian Slang.
Before their eyes leap cultural icons such as the french poodles Fi Fi and Fa Fa which enter the sheep-dog trials and the impoverished teenager trying to win a date with pop singer Delta Goodrem
OIympic athletes, a US president, a deposed Australian Prime Minister greet them along strange detours to solve historical mysteries.
Signposts along the way are unusual photos and links to crazy songs and weird facts.
7 Shouts is a classic contemporary doco of a world gone mad, but still a heap of fun.
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