Desire to push the world in a certain direction,
to alter other people’s idea of the kind of society
that they should strive after."
- George Orwell, 'Why I write'
Bent Banana Books and Leftpress are launching a book about terminal failure of ethics in the public service at Pine Rivers Art Gallery.
A flock of disaffected Director’s General, sacked by the current Labor administration, will be on hand for Q & A. Will someone own up to being the main character? We doubt it.
Even Jonah could not save him.
1.00pm Saturday September 12, 2015.
The Pine Rivers Art Gallery
Unit 7/199 Gympie Road,
Strathpine
Contact: Katie 0404406475 or mescalinda@hotmail.com
The launch will be between 1 and 3.30pm on Saturday September 12, 2015. Out now at Bent Banana Books !
It is also available in Brisbane City Council Libraries
The gallery is conveniently located next to the Strathpine Community Centre, which is a short walk from the Strathpine train station and the Strathpine Westfield shopping centre. There is also a public bus stop right outside the door on Gympie road.
See contact map for parking information.
The public service: home of the lengthy lunch and the idle underworked and overpaid. Right?
Wrong. Michael, we really have to talk . . . details a public service more likely to be a place of over-work, overt and covert bullying and denial of obvious dysfunction.
This book is an honest retelling of life in today’s public service written by a man who spent 50 years there.
Michael tells harrowing tales of the best-kept secrets with humor as well as popular, artistic and intellectual allusions.
Michael is as bad as hell as he scatters the toxic undergrowth to reveal a clear path to bureaucratic reform.
If you work in the public service, defiantly display Michael, we really have to talk . . . on your desk.
‘Michael, …’ is available at Bent Banana Books as an ebook or paperback, go to http://bentbananabooks.com/product/michael-we-really-have-to-talk/