World Premiere of Paramedico – the film
We’re over the moon to be invited by the 2012 Sydney Film Festival to screen our film ‘Paramedico’ in the FOXTEL Australian Documentary Competition. The film has been made in collaboration with co-producer and editor Alison Croft and kind assistance … Continue reading
Does aid REALLY come after security?
How can we bring development to Afghanistan if we don’t have security? It is still the question put to us by backers of our longest war, and we buy it. How indeed, can aid convoys get through if they are … Continue reading
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Tagged Afghanistan, aid, Aid dollar, Herat, Herat ambulance, Herat hospital, PRT, security, security first then aid, Taliban
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Sydney Writers’ Festival
It’s an author’s dream to be invited to speak at the brilliant Sydney Writers’ Festival and I’m happier than the happiest fan of ‘Paramedico’ to be invited this year. Life Savers Sun May 20th 4pm-5pm (Free) Happy to be in … Continue reading
Brilliant review in The Australian
Pretty happy with this review in The Australian today. Although I really hope the townsfolk of Peak Hill don’t read this paper!
Review of ‘Paramedico’ in the Sydney Morning Herald
PARAMEDICO by Benjamin Gilmour Pier 9, 304pp, $29.99 Reviewed by CAROLINE BAUM Sydney Morning Herald 17/12/11 I don’t know if Benjamin Gilmour can cook. Even if he can’t he still qualifies as some kind of Renaissance man: he’s a poet, … Continue reading
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‘Paramedico’ a bestseller!
Well at least that’s what the Dymocks webshop is saying, so I ain’t gunna argue. And what a year it’s been in the lead up to Paramedico being published. For starters, a few industry folk were skeptical that a book … Continue reading
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Tagged Alison Croft, author, Benjamin Gilmour, Marie Claire, paramedic, paramedico, Sunrise, writing
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Come to the launch of Paramedico!
Finally we announce the launch of ‘Paramedico’, the tales of my days riding on ambulances around the world, beginning in 1997 when I was posted to the bush in Australia and ending in the madness of Mexico City. Getting away … Continue reading
Of course you can judge a book by its cover …
Most of us would agree that a great looking book cries out to be picked up and flicked through. It has to draw a reader in the moment they set eyes on it. Getting this right is a fine art … Continue reading
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Paramedico! Teaser extract!
Outback Ambo - Australia For two weeks I have sat here in this fibro shack along the Newell Highway listening to the ceaseless drone of air-conditioning, waiting for the sick and injured to call me. Coursework for my paramedic degree is done and all … Continue reading
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All the Byrons of the Bay!
Head north with us in August for the Byron Bay Writers Festival! What more is there to life than sun, surf and books… Byron Writers Festival Son of a Lion – Fri 5th August Benjamin Gilmour talks with Caroline Baum – Performance … Continue reading
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Tagged Afghan Liberation, Byron Bay, Byron Bay Writers Festival, Matina Jewell, The Taliban
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