Ian Syson
Published works  
Journalism  

Reviews in The Age

 
2002
The New Rulers of the World
by John Pilger
pre-publication version
10 May 2003
From the Suburbs
by Mark Latham
16 August 2003
The Age of Consent
by George Monbiot
5 June 2004
The English In Australia
by James Jupp
18 September 2004
How Soccer Explains the World
by Franklin Foer
9 April 2005
Players
by Tony Wilson
28 May 2005
Dead Europe
by Christos Tsiolkas
20 November 2005
Frank Hardy: Politics, Life, Literature
by Jenny Hocking
6 May 2006
The Goddess Advantage
by Angela Pippos
10 June 2006
More than a Game
By the Balls: Memoir of a Football Tragic by Les Murray
The Away Game : The Secret Lives of Australia's Soccer Superstars
by Matthew Hall
Guus Hiddink: Going Dutch
by Maarten Meijer
The World Game Downunder
edited by Roy Hay and Bill Murray
German Football: History, Culture, Society
edited by Alan Tomlinson and Christopher Young
Calcio: A History of Italian Football
by John Foot
pre-publication version
8 July 2006
Foul! The secret World of FIFA: Bribes, Vote Riggings and Ticket Scandals by Andrew Jennings pre-publication version
29 December 2006
The Ball is Round: A Global History of Football by David Goldblatt
18 May 2007
Sucked In by Shane maloney
8 September 2007
Long Afternoon of the World by Graeme Kinross-Smith and Other Country by Stephen Scourfield pre-publication version
5 June 2010

Soccer Empire: The World Cup and the Future of France by Laurent Dubois

 

Articles

 
29 April 2006
'The goal is going global'
The Age
pre-publication version
(incl. 300 words cut by subediting)
20 June 2006
A chance to stick it to 'new football'
The Age
25 July 2011
The Genesis of soccer in Australia  

Articles about

 
18 March 2002
'Vulgar Values' by Jason Steger
The Age
 

Video/Radio

 
8 June 2006
World Cup Corner #1  
20 June 2006
World Cup Corner #3  
29 May 2007
Review of Tim Thorne's Letter to Egon Kisch broadcast on RRR review begins around the middle of the file
Academic pieces  

Reviews

 
Labour History 89
November 2005
Death Sentence: The Decay of Public Language and Watson's Dictionary of Weasel Words, Contemporary Cliches, Cant and Management Jargon by Don Watson pre-publication version
Overland 183 2006
Literary Publishing in a Nutshell
Prochownik's Dream by Alex Miller
Cusp by Josephine Wilson
A n Accidental Terrorist by Steven Lang
Carry Me Down by M.J. Hyland
Overland 187 2007
Carpentaria by Alexis Wright

Articles