Australian War Myths

Mark Dapin is an acclaimed journalist, author, screenwriter and historian. He is the author of King of the Cross, which won the Ned Kelly Award for Best First Fiction. His latest work, on Australian military myths, is Lest. Mark holds a doctorate in military history. He worked as consultant producer on Network Seven TV show Armed and Dangerous, and as screenwriter on Stan’s Wolf Creek 2. 

Mike Carlton is one of Australia’s best-known media figures, working on the ABC’s groundbreaking This Day Tonight current affairs program in the 1970s. His radio satire on current affairs, Friday News Review, was ‘must listening’ in Australia and the UK, and for many years he wrote a popular weekly column for The Sydney Morning Herald. Mike has had a lifelong passion for naval history and is the author of Cruiser, First Victory, Flagship, The Scrap Iron Flotilla and, most recently, Dive!.