Last year a woman premier presented the NSW Premier’s Literary Awards at the Art Gallery. Tonight a non-Labor premier, just as rare a beast in the 10 of these dinners I’ve been to, did it at the Opera Point Marquee, … Continue reading
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- November verse 9: Preschool pickup
- Tug Dumbly’s Tadpoems
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- Brian Purcell’s Filmworks
- Celebrity spotting
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- November verse 6
- David Adès’ Heart’s Lush Gardens
- The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny, Kiran Desai, the book club and November verse 5
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- Mrs Dalloway, report 1, and November verse 1
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