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Nice Work

Jana Wendt

Jana Wendt, one of Australia's most experienced journalists, sets out to discover what drives us in the work we do.

Opinion

' . . . Wendt proves herself to be a consummate interviewer and a writer of exquisitely crafted sentences. But more importantly, she is also a great observer of people and the lives they lead.'
Josh Rosner, Canberra Times, 3 April 2010

' . . . a lovely book. It's Nice Work, in fact.'
Caroline Overington, The Spectator Australia, 9 June 2010

About this Title

"We spend forty hours, on average, each week in a place that is not our home, in the company of strangers. Odd then, that the details of what we do all that time often remain unknown, even to those closest to us."

Jana Wendt, one of Australia's most experienced journalists, sets out to discover what drives us in the work we do. She follows a compelling group of people, from a boxer set for a comeback to a maverick priest, and a CEO whose company is mired in scandal to a forensic anthropologist investigating murder. Wendt witnesses the successes and frustrations, the body-blows and moments of joy experienced by people who consider what they do as the great passion of their lives.

The result is a wonderfully observed and entertaining portrait of modern work.

About the Author

Jana Wendt is one of Australia's best known interviewers, with a career in television spanning nearly thirty years. Wendt was a 60 Minutes correspondent and has worked on a number of public affairs programs on television networks in Australia and overseas. In 2005-06 she wrote The Bulletin magazine's 'Lunch with . . .' column while presenting and reporting for the Nine Network's Sunday program. She is the author of A Matter of Principle.

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