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David Myers

Loose Lips edited by Lauren Finger et al. & True North edited by Marain Devitt

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February 2005, no. 268
Michael Williams reviews True North: Contemporary Writing From The Northern Territory edited by Marian Devitt, Loose Lips: UTS Writers’ Anthology edited by Lauren Finger et al. and Best Stories Under The Sun edited by Michael Wilding and David Myers

Why are there so few new and exciting voices in Australian fiction? Why do Australian novels so consistently fail to capture the imagination of the reading public? What was the last Australian book you really liked? Where is the next generation of Australian authors going to come from? Who are three Australian writers under the age of thirty or forty?

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