The last four days have involved extended time at the Sydney Writer’s Festival. There was the first public event for my forthcoming book with Jeff Sparrow, Left Turn. There wasn’t a spare seat in the house. They’ll be far more about this title in the next days and weeks, so stay tuned.
The following day I delivered the 2012… Sydney PEN Free Voices lecture. I will be giving the speech in Melbourne in June and it will be published soon along with the vision of my Sydney address.
Before the PEN lecture, I was interviewed by ABC Radio National about the themes of the talk. Forgive the not perfect audio here, it was recorded on my iPhone: