Pubs Pews and Powerbrokers

Pubs, Pews and Powerbrokers is the story of a special suburb. Blueprinted by Colonel William Light and set in a moat of green parklands, North Adelaide has always looked splendid on the map. This book shows that the reality remains equally impressive today.

Pubs, Pews and Powerbrokers was commissioned by the City of Adelaide to commemorate the addition of 178 local heritage places in North Adelaide and the creation of the North Adelaide historic conservation zone. Written by journalist and author Max Anderson Pubs, Pews and Powerbrokers rejoices in the living heritage of North Adelaide – not only in the bricks and mortar, but also its history, its fortunes and its follies. 

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Max Anderson is a journalist and author.

His features on lifestyle and travel have been published in major newspapers around the world, including The Sunday Times, The Times, The Financial Times, The Guardian, The Independent, The South China Morning Post, The Australian, The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald.

Until moving to Adelaide in 2003, he was the deputy travel editor of The Sunday Times newspaper (UK).

In 2001 he was named British Travel Journalist of the Year; in the same year he won the 2001 Travelex Award for Best Broadsheet Feature (UK). In 2006 he won the South Australian Media Award for Best Freelance Journalist. In 2010 he won the Archbishop’s Media Citation for Feature Article.

He has written two books: Digger, (Picador UK, 2004) relating his adventures as a prospector on the goldfields of Western Australia; and Pubs, Pews and Powerbrokers (East Street Publications, 2007) dedicated to the heritage of North Adelaide.