From Prison to Pri-Zen: Book Launch
By Ronin Cruise
The book is about learning how to use your time, not do your time.
Culture is wide ranging. Sport, film, literature and the arts are all part of our culture, and much more.
This section is dedicated to exploring and writing about the culture that people are engaging in, in Australia and around the world.

Here are some tips for writing a review, courtesy of the Prison Journalism Project.
His message is simple but powerful: no matter how difficult life gets, we can choose to be kind, be grateful, and find joy.
The book is about learning how to use your time, not do your time.
Gregory David Roberts broke the mould when he released his masterpiece in 2003. Weighing in at 933 pages, Shantaram is the super-heavyweight champion of the literary world.
First published in 1987, Batman: Year One follows Bruce Wayne returning to Gotham after 12 years away.

The 2024 Paris Olympics started with a splash (literally). The Opening Ceremony featured 90 boats, filled with country teams waving flags, all floating down a rainy river Seine, as the crowd of 300,000 cheered from the riverbanks.

Melbourne’s Pentridge Prison still holds powerful memories for many thousands of people. The prison’s towering bluestone walls were an imposing presence in Coburg, and almost all Melburnians have a story to tell about this notorious place.

In Sydney in May 2024, Damien Linnane (editor of the prison magazine Paper Chained) held an exhibition of art by people in prison around the world. Linnane managed to obtain over 100 artworks from currently and formerly incarcerated people in eight different countries.


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