Christos Tsiolkas on Patrick White: Writers on Writers book launch
Watch a Q&A with author Christos Tsiolkas discussing his love affair with the works of Patrick White.
17 May 2018 Duration: 38:02
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Watch a discussion on the journalist known as the Vagabond, with historian Michael Cannon and Bob Flippen.
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Maxine McKew on the state of Australian education
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