Danielle Clode

No other continent on earth is as prone to bushfires, over such a large area, as Australia. Despite repeated disasters, we seem to be no better at surviving bushfires today than we were when fires burnt through the first European settlements. Danielle Clode's new book is a personal journey that attempts ... (more)to answer some of the questions on this issue. The session will conclude with the launch of Danielle Clode's A Future in Flames (MUP) by head of the Australasian Fire and Emergency Service Authorities Council, Naomi Brown.

Danielle Clode is a Doctor of Philosophy and has a degree in politics and psychology, specialising in animal behaviour. After a stint as a zookeeper at Adelaide Zoo, she took up a Rhodes Scholarship and completed her doctorate in zoology. Danielle continues to do zoological research as an associate at ... (more)the University of Melbourne and works as a science writer. Her latest book, Voyages to the South Seas won the Nettie Palmer Prize for Non Fiction in the Victorian Premier's Literary Awards. Dr Clode's latest book, Voyages to the South Seas won the Nettie Palmer Prize for Non Fiction in the Victoria Premier's Literary Awards. Bookings are essential. For more information contact the Mitcham Library on 8271 0999 or Blackwood Library on 8278 5200.