Crack Hardy Hits Bookshelves
Author: Stephen Dando-Collins‘CRACK HARDY: From Gallipoli to Flanders to the Somme, the true story of three Australian brothers at war’, Stephen’s already acclaimed World War One memoir was released in Australia and New Zealand on April 1. Independent bookstores are already reporting they’ve sold out and have hurriedly reordered.
April 13 – Hear Stephen talking about Crack Hardy on Richard Fidler’s ‘Conversations’ program on ABC Local Radio across Australia.
April 14 – At 6.00 pm, the national launch of Crack Hardy in Canberra by Professor Bill Gammage of the Australian National University. To attend, call Meredith at Daltons Books, Canberra. You can also hear Stephen talking with Mark Parton on 2CC Canberra that morning.
April 15 -12.30 pm, Stephen will be talking about Crack Hardy at Berlelouw Books Dee Why, in Sydney. All welcome.
April 20 – 6.00 pm, the Tasmanian launch of Crack Hardy, by Richard Mulvaney, Director of the Queen Victoria Museum & Art Gallery, at the Westbury RSL, in Westbury. All welcome.
April 25th, 2011 at 9:47 pm
Have just started “Crack Hardy” today and can’t put it down. What a fantastically genuine insight into an Australian family living through such trying, terrifying and triumphant times. Please buy this book for your children! i am a teacher and the history explained, experienced and explored in the family’s story is essential reading as we keep the ANZAC tradtion alive!! Thank you.
May 2nd, 2011 at 7:45 pm
Am a distant cousin to the Searle boys. They were my grandmothers cousins.
Looking forward to reading the book and passing on to my mother and brothers.
I’m not sure how I will go with some of the experiences, but we should all now what went on in the War and how it affected our boys.
Frances