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Contributors Drusilla Modjeska
GailJones
Gail Bell
('Bodying Forth', p.7z) is an essayist and novelist whose book Straains@'s Lunch won the Australian Literature Society Gold Medal in zooo. Her new novel, The Mountain, will be published in May zoIz.
('The Legend ofJandamarra', p.r4) is a novelist, short-story writer and professor at the University of Western Sydney. I-Ier most recent novel is Fiue Bells.
pharmacist, educator and writer. Her books include The Poison Principlc and Shot: A Personal Ruponse to Guns andTruuma.
Anne Summers
Peter Conrad
('The Bolt Factor', p.r8) is the formcr cditor
('Qycen of the Night', p.64) is a regular contributor to the Obseruer. His books
Jack Marx ('Line of Appeal', p.78) is a Walkley Award-winning journalist and the author of Australian Tragic : Gripping Side o!our History and Sorry: oJ Li t t I e
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Andrew Ford His books include
of CoodWeehend and Ms. magazines. Her most recent books are The Lost Mother, On Luck and
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The Sound o-f Pictures: Listen-
ingto the Moaiesfrom Hilchc\ck t0 High Fidelit! and In Delence ojClassical Music.
John Collee ('Taking to the Woods', p.Sz) is a Sydneybased screenwriter and novelist. His films include Happy Feet, Master and Commander, Creation and. Paper Mask He is currently set to direct his first feature, Black Honeymoon.
include
Vcrdi and f or Wagner, The
and ModcrnTimes, Mofum
End of Equality.
Art
oJ t h e C i ty
Places.
KateJennings
Louis Nowra
('Water Under the Bridge', p.34) is the author of Tro u b I : S I e ct e d Wri t i n gs r g Z o - 2 o r o, the memoir Stanley and Sophle, the novels
('Bowing to the Bard', p.76) is an author, screenwriter and plal'wright. His books include a novel, I cc, and a memoir, The Taclfth o-fNeucr. I{e is the co-winner of the loog NSW Premier's Script Writing Award
e
('What Happened Next', p.86) is an awardwinning composer, writer and broadcaster.
('Prcscribing Behaviour', p.l8) has worked as a
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Snake and Moral Hazard, and Qrarterl.l Essay 3
e,'American Revolution'.
for FirstAustralians.
Peter Robb
Don Watson
('Fathers & Sons', p.58) is the author of Midnight in Sici!, M, A Death in Brazil and Street FightinNaplu. M,his book about Caravaggio, a Neu Tork Timu Notable Book and a bestseller in America and Italv. is being reissued in the UK.
('Commcnt', p.8) is a lormer spccchwriter for Paul Keating. His books include Dcath Senttnct: The Decay ofPublic Language, Re colkctions ola Ble e ding Heart: A Portrait o-f Paul Kc ating P M and Amtric an J ourney.
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Drusilla Modjeska
Jack Marx
Andrew Ford
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