My Back Pages
$60.89
- Paperback
452 pages
- Release Date
9 August 2026
Summary
An amalgam of memoir and anthology, this collection shines a light onto the life and work of well-respected music writer and editor Donald Robertson.
There’s the experience of emigrating to the steel town where the desert meets the sea; the escape to Adelaide’s nourishing airs; the return to Britain to fathom why the family left; and the realisation there was no future in England’s dreaming.
Then the plunge into publishing. Rock ‘n’ roll stories of course; Springsteen, Split E…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781763537118 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1763537110 |
| Author: | Donald Robertson |
| Publisher: | Roadrunnertwice |
| Imprint: | Roadrunnertwice |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 452 |
| Release Date: | 9 August 2026 |
| Weight: | 626g |
| Dimensions: | 26mm x 156mm x 234mm |
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Critics Review
‘Resigned as I am to the fact that neither Redgum nor I will rate anything more than a passing mention in this book, truth compels me to say this: as a writer, Donald has always been able to find his way from the uppercase to the period with elegance, insight, erudition and what passes for humour among the Scottish.’ - John Schumann.
‘The Messi of rock ‘n’ roll writing.’ - Peter Goldsworthy.
Donald Robertson
Donald Robertson was born in the Scottish Highlands and grew up in the steel towns of Corby, England, and Whyalla, South Australia. After graduating from the University of Adelaide, he co-founded and published the Australian music and arts magazine Roadrunner (1978-83) and was editor of Countdown Magazine (1983-86).
Over the years, he has written for The Australian Financial Review, The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, The Advertiser (Adelaide), The West Australian, and Rolling Stone.
No Fixed Address, his biography of the trailblazing Aboriginal rock ‘n’ reggae band, was the Australian Financial Review’s Music Book of the Year in 2023.
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