Jane Sullivan

1 week ago | smh.com.au | Jane Sullivan

, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. For more than a decade, Kazuo Ishiguro had a box file in his study marked “Students Novel”. In it were notes, diagrams and some pages of a story he’d tried to write in 1990, then again in 1995. Each time he’d abandoned the attempt and had written a completely different novel.

3 weeks ago | watoday.com.au | Jane Sullivan

When Marcus Zusak came to Margaret River in 2000 to do a library reading from his first novel, nobody turned up. The librarian made him do the reading anyway. Twenty-five years later, when The Book Thief author returned, he was in a big theatre full of readers. “It’s amazing to us that you’re still out there,” he said to his audience. “It gives me hope.

3 weeks ago | theage.com.au | Jane Sullivan

, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Save articles for laterAdd articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. When Marcus Zusak came to Margaret River in 2000 to do a library reading from his first novel, nobody turned up. The librarian made him do the reading anyway. Twenty-five years later, when The Book Thief author returned, he was in a big theatre full of readers. “It’s amazing to us that you’re still out there,” he said to his audience. “It gives me hope.

3 weeks ago | brisbanetimes.com.au | Jane Sullivan

, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. When Marcus Zusak came to Margaret River in 2000 to do a library reading from his first novel, nobody turned up. The librarian made him do the reading anyway. Twenty-five years later, when The Book Thief author returned, he was in a big theatre full of readers. “It’s amazing to us that you’re still out there,” he said to his audience. “It gives me hope.

3 weeks ago | smh.com.au | Jane Sullivan

, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. When Marcus Zusak came to Margaret River in 2000 to do a library reading from his first novel, nobody turned up. The librarian made him do the reading anyway. Twenty-five years later, when The Book Thief author returned, he was in a big theatre full of readers. “It’s amazing to us that you’re still out there,” he said to his audience. “It gives me hope.