Alison Booth

BLOG

Uneven Rewards

Uneven Rewards is an anthology that brings together major studies of workplace relations and behaviour from the distinguished labour economist Alison L Booth. Over more than three decades, Booth has forged a distinctive intellectual path combining a strong interest in the role of gender and culture on labour markets with acute expertise in data collection, and cognate social science fields and methods. With her co-authors, Booth examines the effects on men and women of evolvi

Death at Booroomba: The Story Behind the Story

Synopsis of Death at Booroomba Just before embarkation in 1915 Jack O’Rourke saves an old man Sam Lomond from drowning in Sydney Harbour. Four years later Jack – traumatised by his wartime experiences – returns to Australia to find Sam Lomond has died and left Jack his rural property Booroomba near Eden. Puzzled, Jack travels south to see the property and discovers that Lomond was brutally murdered. Met with hostility from the local townsfolk and suspicion from the local po

Upcoming Events

Friday 1st August, NT launch The Bookshop Darwin. Monday, 11th August – Book launch in Canberra, The Street Theatre Foyer at 6:00PM Thursday, 21st August – Author talk at Brighton Library, Melbourne at 6:00PM. In conversation with Muriel Cooper. Sisters in Crime organised. Wednesday 27th August – Author talk at Margaret Martin Library (Randwick City Council) at 6:30PM Thursday 28th August – Gleebooks Book Launch, with Jane Curry as moderator at 6:00PM Tuesday 2nd September –