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Michael is an author and journalist living at Deepwater in the New England region of New South Wales, Australia. His debut rural noir novel Tank Water and its sequel Dirt Trap are released by MidnightSun Publishing.

He has written for The Guardian, Fairfax Media, and the Journal of Australian Studies, and he is a board member of BAD Sydney Crime Writers Festival.

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Tank Water

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Questionable Deeds: Making ...

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Dirt Trap

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Closet His Closet Hers

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Take Another Look: The ‘passionate absurdities’ of James Lapine’s Impromptu

The fourth in a series of retrospective pop culture reviews revisits the historical romance that reignited the careers of Judy Davis and Hugh Grant… TWO-THIRDS OF THE way through James Lapine’s 1990 film Impromptu, Mandy Patinkin (as 19th century French poet Alfred de Musset) stretches his face towards the camera in full clown whiteface and … Continue reading Take Another Look: The ‘passionate abs Read more of this blog post »
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An extended right of reply on her schizophrenia misdiagnosis, this book is Janet Frame's explanation of what was going on behind the apprehension and apparent mental illness all those years.

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The Helene Hanff Omnibus by Helene Hanff
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These books are a balm for every wordsmith who struggles and hits their strides later in life.

One of my favourite writers. Period. No carriage return.
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