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MAY 18, 2025 | LIVING ARTS CANBERRA

“Peter Norris – The Bank Robber's Boy: A Story of Remarkable Hopefulness”

Barbie Robinson provides a thoughtful review of The Bank Robber's Boy for Living Arts Canberra, highlighting how the memoir balances “tender domestic minutiae set alongside violence and criminality, boyish larks set alongside unbearable sadness and cruelty”. Robinson praises the book's “conversational and easy style” that encourages readers to navigate difficult content through the “enduring hopefulness of the child”. The review commends Peter for sharing “both his painful past and his exemplary present” in a way that inspires readers “to care for all the children in our community and to actively pursue kindness in all things”.

Accompanying the written review is an in-depth audio interview where Peter discusses his journey with Barbie Robinson.

"This is a work to inspire everyone to be better – to care for all the children in our community and to actively pursue kindness in all things."

Read the full review and listen to the interview on the Living Arts Canberra website.