Our decision to move from Melbourne to Sydney early in 1976 seemed impulsive to some but it was not ill-considered. While Melbourne might have been the Mecca for...
Read MoreThis is my 80th column for the NRB and time to reflect on the experience of column writing. I’ve had a somewhat similar gig once before – as a TV columnist for the...
Read MoreI came to book reviewing in a bizarre way. In 1975 I was teaching at a CAE in Gippsland, Victoria, and hating it, when I read a newspaper review by Olaf Ruhen of a book...
Read MoreI was the literary editor of the National Times for almost three years, from 1979 to 1981. I was given the job by Anne Summers who had held it for some time and for...
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