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A writer’s craft: a conversation with Melina Marchetta

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imageAuthor Melina Marchetta is a guest at this year's Sydney Writers' Festival.AAP Image/Penguin Group

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We fell in love with Josephine Alibrandi’s humour, we came to respect Taylor Markham’s tenacity in the face of adversity, and we quietly rooted for Tom Mackee. We found ourselves immersed in the...

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