David Dale (author)
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David Dale is an Australian author and journalist. He writes about ideas, journeys, fads, foods, media, the power of places and the peculiarities of people. He contributes a popular culture column called 'The Tribal Mind' to The Sydney Morning Herald (newspaper and website), and a column called 'Who We Are' to The Sun-Herald. Both can be found at www.smh.com.au/tribalmind[1]. His latest book is Who We Are - A snapshot of Australia today.
This is the biography supplied by his publisher, Allen and Unwin:[2]
David Dale graduated from Sydney University with honours in psychology, but decided he would do less harm to the cause of mental health if he went into journalism. He has been a political reporter for The Australian, a sub-editor for General Practitioner (London), features editor of The Sun-Herald, Editor of The Bulletin, New York correspondent for The Sydney Morning Herald, and breakfast broadcaster for the ABC.
His 10 books include Essential Places -- A book about ideas and how they started;[3] The Perfect Journey; The 100 Things We Loved About the 20th Century; The Obsessive Traveller (or why I don't steal towels from great hotels any more); An Australian in America; The 100 Things Everyone Needs To Know About Italy, and Who We Are - A snapshot of Australia today. He is currently working on a book about Liguria, called Soffritto - A search for beginnings.
He is the anthropology writer for The Sydney Morning Herald, and is a regular contributor on travel and popular culture for Travel and Leisure magazine, The Age and the ABC. He tries to spend six weeks of every year Somewhere Else.
