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On Sunday March 29th 2015, Morwell Neighbourhood House was honoured to host the Morwell book launch The Coal Face by Tom Doig. Over 50 community members joined Tom at his Morwell book launch. The Coal Face provides real life stories and a dramatic insight into the devastating industrial disaster that inflicted so much damage on an already vulnerable community. Below is an excerpt from Penguin Books Australia website.
‘The smoke got thicker and darker and then it seemed to be coming from everywhere, swirling around until it blanketed the entire town . . .’
On 9 February 2014 a fire took hold in Victoria’s Hazelwood coal mine next to Morwell and burned for one and a half months. As the air filled with toxic smoke and ash, residents of the Latrobe Valley became ill, afraid – and angry. Up against an unresponsive corporation and an indifferent government, the community banded together, turning tragedy into a political fight.
Tom Doig reveals the decades of decisions that led to the fire, and gives an intimate account of the first moments of the blaze and the dark weeks that followed. The Coal Face is a gripping and immediate report of one of the worst environmental and public health disasters in Australian history.
If you were unable to attend the Morwell book launch, there is a second book launch in Melbourne on March 31st 2015. The details can be found on The Coal Face events Facebook page. Don’t forget, The Coal Face by Tom Doig is also available to purchase online directly from Penguin Books Australia. Morwell Neighbourhood House would like to Thank Tom Doig for writing The Coal Face and for holding the official book launch at Morwell Neighbourhood House.
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