I gave Monty money now and then when I went to Vic Market each week ( he was the blind man, in the North Melbourne footy jumper who sat at the entrance to the meat section as you went through to the deli) but I didn't really know his back story. As it turned out he lived out his last 20 years near where we live, and, last week, died. His story is very moving and, it's in own gentle way, uplifting.
Last month I went to the Northern Territory for 12 days to teach a series of writing workshops for the Northern Territory Writers Centre. It's always hard to know what people get out of these things but personally, I've never...More»
It turned out the sleepover was only brief. Spike, Meanjin's new blog is up and running. While Meanjin's website is being rebuilt and will relaunch soon-ish, the opinionation starts now....More»
Fiction Publishers Tell All Thursday 23 April 2009 at 6:30PM Presented by: Meanjin, Text & Penguin Books Join Sophie Cunningham (Meanjin), Penny Hueston (Text) and Rachel Scully (Penguin),who will discuss current market trends, the process of manuscript submission to publication,...More»
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