Over a long career, Michael Cannon (1929–2022) worked as a journalist, editor and author. His best-known book, The Land Boomers, first published in 1966, is available in paperback and eBook form from Melbourne University Publishing.
Books & arts
Who owned the owners?
Michael Cannon
1 March 2019
Books | As the power of newspapers grew, the real press barons increasingly hid their control with elaborate ruses
Essays & reportage
The man who called himself “the Vagabond”
Michael Cannon
17 December 2018
A social justice pioneer’s secret life is unveiled in a new book
Books & arts
The journo who never got away
Michael Cannon
5 June 2018
Books | Murdoch lieutenant Les Hinton doesn’t burn all his bridges in his frank new memoir
Books & arts
The enigma of Keith Murdoch
Michael Cannon
18 November 2015
A new biography reveals a complex and contentious figure
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