Emma Tom - Journalist - Author - Musician. Australia
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Emma Tom is an award-winning Australian journalist, author, broadcaster and musician. She has an opinion on just about anything but is particularly interested in ethics, feminism, sex, religion, democracy, gender, Socrates, postmodernism, human nature, East Asian politics, terrorism, television vampires and the delightful disgustingness of dogs.

In general, people either really love or really hate Emma Tom’s work. The former have given her a bunch of prizes for her books and her journalism. The latter enjoy e-mailing her at regular intervals to call her talent non-existent, her humour gutter-like and her teeth monstrously oversized. These are all things she has learned to live with.

After spending many years fielding e-mail from strangers, Emma Tom has reached two conclusions: 1) no-one agrees on anything; and 2) this drives everyone absolutely nuts. Emma Tom thinks the planet would be a much more enjoyable place if people made an effort to disagree with each other more politely.
Emma's new book, Something About Mary is out now.
The Australian
Emma Tom writes a column for The Australian newspaper. You can read her latest offering by clicking HERE and scrolling down to her name.
Bali book

Emma Tom has just finished her fifth book called Bali: Paradise Lost? which deals with Australia's tumultuous relationship with Bali. This book was published by Pluto Press in November as part of a new series of creative non-fiction writing on contemporary issues called NOW.
"Beautifully written and magically structured, Emma Tom’s Bali: Paradise Lost? is an evocative, funny, and honest look at the on-again, off-again love affair between Australians and the Indonesian island we like to call our own." - Linda Jaivin, author of The Infernal Optimist and The Monkey and the Dragon.
"Emma Tom’s uniquely honest and humorous style makes Bali: Paradise Lost? a must read for anyone with an interest in exploring the political tensions, misconceptions and complex shifting fortunes of Indonesia’s troubled tourist haven. Tom explores Australia’s changing relationship with Indonesia, and fearlessly reveals her own intimate experiences with the destination so many Australian’s have viewed as ‘paradise’". - Bestselling crime writer Tara Moss www.taramoss.com 
Sociology: Place, Time & Division
Look for Emma Tom's chapter on youth in a new academic text called Sociology: Place, Time & Division edited by Peter Beilharz and Trevor Hogan to be published by Oxford University Press in August, 2006.
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Bali: Paradise Lost?
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