How to Write History that People Want to Read

About A. CurthoysA. McGrath

ANN CURTHOYS Professor of History at the University of Sydney Australia. In addition to writing about historical theory and method she has written about many facets of Australian history especially the relations between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples. Her previous books include Freedom Ride: A Freedomrider Remembers (2002) and (with Mary Spongberg and Barbara Caine) A Companion to Women's Historical Writing (Palgrave 2005).ANN MCGRATH Professor of History at the Australian National University Australia. She has written numerous books and articles including 'Born in the Cattle': Aborigines in Cattle Country (1987) and with Pat Grimshaw Marilyn Lake and Marian Quartly co-authored Creating a Nation (1994). McGrath has won various prizes for writing and has worked as a historian on public enquiries and commissions has made television documentaries curated museum exhibitions and developed pod-streaming history projects.