Where has October gone? Between a trip to Berlin to celebrate the centenary of venerable publishing house Ullstein, an epic stint at the Frankfurt Book Fair and a visit to the Palace, it’s been a whirl. But now that all (OK, both) members of A&U UK are safely docked back in Bloomsbury, it’s time to scoop up the highlights.
Our friends at The Guardian decided to devote an issue of The Spin to Christian Ryan’s superlative Golden Boy. Apparently Off the Ball at Newsradio in Ireland are avid readers of The Spin, for they then got in touch to try to organise an interview with Golden Boy’s elusive subject, Kim Hughes. In an exclusive that Australian radio would have killed for, Kim spoke incredibly frankly about the rough-as-guts treatment he received at the hands of Dennis Lillee and Rod Marsh and what it feels like to be remembered as the captain who cried. Listen to it here and you may weep yourself.
The Guardian also decided to make Kate Grenville’s trusty tome The Writing Book the framework for their ‘How to Write Fiction’ guide which was a free liftout in the paper on October 15th. If you missed it, you can pick it up in e-book format here.
The Times got excited about former Prime Minister of Australia Paul Keating revealing an extremely frank conversation he held with the Queen while in office: they ran Keating’s piece (drawn from his new collection After Words) in its entirety on October 22nd. If you’re not a fan of Uncle Rupert’s paywall, you can read Keating’s eloquent, poignant piece here.
Forthcoming highlights include Tom Keneally discussing his magisterial work of history, Australians, on BBC Radio 4’s Start the Week on November 7th, and a visit from the ever charming Simone Felice, who’ll make music and read from Black Jesus at the Hawley Arms on November 17th. See you there!
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