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Glenn Nicholls

Glenn Nicholls holds a PhD in German-Australian cultural history and has published widely on Australian immigration policies, including Deported: A History of Forced Departures from Australia (NewSouth Books 2008).

Books & arts Glenn Nicholls 1 November 2024 A Lutheran pastor introduced to remote communities a different way of thinking about schooling for Aboriginal children
Books & arts Glenn Nicholls 20 October 2021 Colm Tóibín’s novelised life of the German writer Thomas Mann bridges a cultural gap Books & arts Glenn Nicholls 7 April 2018 Books | A remarkable novel by a one-time internee in Australia has attracted critical acclaim in Germany Books & arts Glenn Nicholls 31 May 2013 Glenn Nicholls reviews Cory Taylor’s novel about love in an Australian internment camp Books & arts Glenn Nicholls 18 December 2012 On the one-hundredth anniversary of its publication, Glenn Nicholls looks at why Thomas Mann’s 1912 novel has stood the test of time
Books & arts Glenn Nicholls 10 October 2012 Glenn Nicholls reviews an intimate account of the life of Werner Pelz
Books & arts Glenn Nicholls 16 February 2012 Glenn Nicholls reviews Albrecht Dümling’s study of refugee musicians from Nazism who came to Australia Books & arts Glenn Nicholls 12 May 2011 Deported after the first world war, Paul Dubotzki had created a remarkable record of life as an internee, writes Glenn Nicholls Essays & reportage Glenn Nicholls 20 November 2010 A return trip to East Germany’s Lusatia region, twenty years on, reveals an extraordinary transition away from coal mining and heavy industry, writes Glenn Nicholls Books & arts Glenn Nicholls 19 October 2010 Glenn Nicholls reviews the German-language edition of Herta Müller’s latest novel, Everything I Possess I Carry with Me
Books & arts Glenn Nicholls 20 April 2009 David Malouf’s Trojan tale soars then sinks, writes Glenn Nicholls National affairs Glenn Nicholls 2 November 2008 Detention reform is just the beginning, writes Glenn Nicholls. Labor’s immigration minister now has the task of changing the culture of his department