Event #35
Richard Glover: How to Ruin a Child
Richard Glover + Christine Jackman
Powerhouse Theatre
Regular Program
#About the event
Duration: 60 minutes
Richard Glover: How to Ruin a Child
In conversation with Christine Jackman
11:15am–12:15pm, Friday 9 October, Powerhouse Theatre
Years before mummy bloggers and influencers made anyone raising a kid feel overjudged and underqualified, legions of advisors – from magazine columnists to government agencies – were telling Aussie parents what to do. If you didn’t follow the ever-changing rules, the result was catastrophically simple: you’d ruin your child. But would you? Legendary journalist and rapier wit Richard Glover chronicles these decades of divergent guidance in his side-splittingly funny and deeply reassuring new book, a must-read for old and new parents alike.
#Artists
Richard Glover
Richard Glover is the author of the bestsellers The Land Before Avocado and Flesh Wounds. His new book is How to Ruin a Child, a journey into the hilarious and sometimes disturbing history of parenting advice in Australia.
Christine Jackman
Christine Jackman is an author, strategic communications adviser and former journalist. She is the author of two non-fiction books, Inside Kevin07 and Turning Down the Noise. Her journalism career took her from a Brisbane newspaper cadetship to the Federal Press Gallery and a posting as a foreign correspondent in New York. A 2026 Varuna Fellow, Christine is currently writing her first novel, Power Play, a contemporary psychological suspense set in Australian politics.
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