Jane Sullivan 12:15am It's only in the last decade or so that indigenous writers have been acknowledged, let alone celebrated, in any significant numbers.
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Book extract
Suzanne Falkiner A new biography of Randolph Stow, the Perth-born author of great Australian novels including The Merry-Go-Round in the Sea and To the Islands, explores his withdrawal from his home country, public life and writing itself. On his last visit he felt like an outsider in the Sydney literary scene, writes SUZANNE FALKINER.
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