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<span style="margin:0px"><span class="x_Apple-converted-space" style="margin:0px"> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></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 class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="margin:0px;font-style:italic">Whispering Jack</span><span style="margin:0px">. Released in 1986, this album transformed John Farnham’s career and is a cornerstone of Australian
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<span style="margin:0px">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 class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="margin:0px;font-style:italic">Rock and Popular Music: Politics, Policies and Institutions</span><span style="margin:0px"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>and published
many essays related to Australian popular music.<span class="x_Apple-converted-space" style="margin:0px"> </span></span></p>
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<span style="margin:0px">From the back cover of<i><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Whispering Jack</i>: ‘</span><span style="margin:0px;font-weight:bold">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 class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="margin:0px;font-family:Helvetica-BoldOblique;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold">Whispering
Jack</span><span style="margin:0px;font-weight:bold"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>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="margin:0px"><span class="x_Apple-converted-space" style="margin:0px"> </span></span></p>
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<span style="margin:0px">Later this year, the next two books in the series will be published: Chris Gibson on the Church’s album<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="margin:0px;font-family:Helvetica-Oblique;font-style:italic">Starfish</span><span style="margin:0px"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>and
Lachlan Goold and Lauren Istvandity on Regurgitator’s album<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="margin:0px;font-family:Helvetica-Oblique;font-style:italic">Unit</span><span style="margin:0px">. By the end of this year five more books
will be in press, on Kylie Minogue’s album<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="margin:0px;font-family:Helvetica-Oblique;font-style:italic">Kylie</span><span style="margin:0px">, Space Waltz’s self-titled album, the Dead C’s album</span><span style="margin:0px;font-family:Helvetica-Oblique;font-style:italic"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Clyma
Est Mort</span><span style="margin:0px">, Ed Kuepper’s album<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="margin:0px;font-family:Helvetica-Oblique;font-style:italic">Honey Steel’s Gold</span><span style="margin:0px"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>and
Hunters and Collectors’ album<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="margin:0px;font-family:Helvetica-Oblique;font-style:italic">Human Frailty</span></p>
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<div class="x_elementToProof" style="margin:0px;font-size:12pt"><a href="https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/series/33-13-oceania/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="0" style="margin:0px">https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/series/33-13-oceania/</a><br>
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<span class="x_elementToProof" style="margin:0px;font-size:12pt"><span style="margin:0px;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></span><br>
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