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Dame Edna Everage’s diamante-encrusted specs to go under the hammer

Dame Edna Everage’s diamante-encrusted specs to go under the hammer

Barry Humphries found global fame through the comic characters he created. His treasures, including an extensive art collection, will be sold off next year.

  • by Rob Harris

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How your ghostwriter can come back to haunt you

How your ghostwriter can come back to haunt you

As long as publishers keep commissioning books from people who have no idea how to write them, the art of ghostwriting will thrive.

  • by David Free
Clive James' fire extinguished with a final, critical offering

Clive James' fire extinguished with a final, critical offering

Clive James' posthumous book is a reflection on 80 poems he knew by heart.

  • by James Antoniou
Audio pioneer gave Australian artists global radio presence

Audio pioneer gave Australian artists global radio presence

Andrew McLennan helped give a voice to Australian artists, nationally and internationally.

Remembering the writers we lost in 2019

Remembering the writers we lost in 2019

Australian writers Clive James, Les Murray and Les Carlyon were among those lost to us in 2019 along with a host of talented international authors.

  • by Jane Sullivan
Meet the new wave of Australians taking London by storm

Meet the new wave of Australians taking London by storm

A new generation of Australians is making a mark in London.

  • by Hannie Rayson
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Sorry, Clive, but your highest achievement was marauding through the middlebrow

Sorry, Clive, but your highest achievement was marauding through the middlebrow

A poet, yes. A wordsmith, yes. But we will remember Clive James most for mining the riches of low and popular culture.

  • by Michael Visontay

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