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</span>I am pleased to announce the publication of the first book in the 33 1/3 Oceania series published by Bloomsbury, Emeritus Professor Graeme Turner’s
</span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica Neue';font-weight:normal;font-style:italic;font-size:11.00px">Whispering Jack</span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica Neue';font-weight:normal;font-size:11.00px">. Released in 1986, this album transformed John Farnham’s
career and is a cornerstone of Australian popular music.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:'Helvetica Neue';font-weight:normal;font-size:11.00px">I’m sure all of you will be familiar with Graeme’s work. He is an internationally known Cultural Studies scholar and one of the founders of Cultural Studies and Media Studies, and
more recently Celebrity Studies, in Australia. Graeme has also co-edited </span>
<span style="font-family:'Helvetica Neue';font-weight:normal;font-style:italic;font-size:11.00px">Rock and Popular Music: Politics, Policies and Institutions</span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica Neue';font-weight:normal;font-size:11.00px"> and published
many essays related to Australian popular music.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-weight: normal; font-size: 11px;">From the back cover of<i> Whispering Jack</i>: ‘</span><span style="font-style: normal; font-family: Helvetica; font-weight: bold; font-size: 11px;">The album examined in this book
transformed the singer John Farnham from a faded teen pop star into the most popular solo rock performer in Australia, in a career that has lasted for more than 30 years.
</span><span style="font-style: italic; font-family: Helvetica-BoldOblique; font-weight: bold; font-size: 11px;">Whispering Jack</span><span style="font-style: normal; font-family: Helvetica; font-weight: bold; font-size: 11px;"> remains the top-selling album
by an Australian artist in Australia, and constitutes the turning point in Farnham's bid to achieve credibility as an adult contemporary musician.’</span><span style="font-style: normal; font-family: Helvetica; font-weight: normal; font-size: 11px;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:'Helvetica';font-weight:normal;font-size:11.00px">Later this year, the next two books in the series will be published: Chris Gibson on the Church’s album
</span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica-Oblique';font-weight:normal;font-style:italic;font-size:11.00px">Starfish</span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica';font-weight:normal;font-size:11.00px"> and Lachlan Goold and Lauren Istvandity on Regurgitator’s
album </span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica-Oblique';font-weight:normal;font-style:italic;font-size:11.00px">Unit</span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica';font-weight:normal;font-size:11.00px">. By the end of this year five more books will be in press,
on Kylie Minogue’s album </span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica-Oblique';font-weight:normal;font-style:italic;font-size:11.00px">Kylie</span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica';font-weight:normal;font-size:11.00px">, Space Waltz’s self-titled album, the
Dead C’s album</span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica-Oblique';font-weight:normal;font-style:italic;font-size:11.00px"> Clyma Est Mort</span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica';font-weight:normal;font-size:11.00px">, Ed Kuepper’s album
</span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica-Oblique';font-weight:normal;font-style:italic;font-size:11.00px">Honey Steel’s Gold</span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica';font-weight:normal;font-size:11.00px"> and Hunters and Collectors’ album
</span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica-Oblique';font-weight:normal;font-style:italic;font-size:11.00px">Human Frailty</span></p>
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<span style="caret-color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:"Helvetica Neue";font-size:11px;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);display:inline !important">Do get in contact with me, Jon Stratton, at Jon.stratton@unisa.edu.au if you have an idea for a book for the series.</span><br>
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