Thursday, May 19, 2011

Sydney Writers Festival


Attended two sessions this morning and now to another two sessions this afternoon. And then a fifth at 6.00pm. Not sure when I will have time to write them up!

The big topic of conversation here is Carmen Callil's dramatic resignation as a judge of the Man Booker International Prize, haven't spoken to anyone here yet (and remember she is an Aussie!) who approves of her action.
Those of us who have been of book judging & literary award panels know well that you rarely, if ever get unanimous decisions.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

It's a bit lame to resign once the decision is made! Unless of course she has agreed to be on the panel more than this time.
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