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Possession and devotion inform Sarah Krasnostein's compelling reinterpretation of Peter Carey's art

Sarah Krasnostein’s On Peter Carey is the 12th instalment of Black Inc.’s highly readable series, Writers on Writers. The series is nicely conceived, as it pitches Australian writers not just against each other, but across a generational divide.

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Tim Winton on waiting for the wonder of coral spawn: ‘Honestly, come night number six, I’m over it’

From freediving at night to eating raw shrimp straight from the sea, the author catalogues the tribulations – and magic – of watching the annual regeneration of Ningaloo Reef

The Guardian - AU

Tim Winton on the challenges of making ABC's documentary, Ningaloo Nyinggulu, when Mother Nature doesn't stick to the script

Making a natural history documentary is a test of patience and endurance, and Tim Winton had finally run out of both. He was trying to capture the wild beauty of his beloved Ningaloo Reef but Mother Nature wouldn't play ball.

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A country drive left us lost in fog and bogged on a remote track. Thank God for the firefighters … and my parents

Staring into the abyss – the bush humming around us – I finally understood how Tim Winton must feel at all times

The Guardian - AU

"Take yourself to the ocean"

Radha Mitchell spoke to Salon about her aquatic "Blueback" costar, doing her own diving and a dream about a dolphin

Salon

Tim Winton’s Blueback takes on new life as a feature film starring a blue groper and Eric Bana

Tim Winton's 1997 novella Blueback has been adapted to the big screen, filmed entirely on location in Bremer Bay, Western Australia

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When Geraldine Brooks writes about Tim Winton, you can hear the axes grind

The earthiness of Tim Winton’s homegrown language and storytelling has its share of critics, but also plenty of fans – enough to sustain 40 years or so of professional writing. His works are a feast of strange words and characters. There is a lot to admire, and a few butterfly…

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Eric Bana teams up with Tim Winton to showcase Blueback on the big screen

While he's one of Hollywood's brightest stars, Eric Bana's latest film, Blueback, sees him shining on the west coast of Australia.

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Sponsors should be put through rigour, just like athletes, to 'earn their place' on a jersey, says former Diamonds player

What started as a request by Australian netballer Donnell Wallam to remove the name "Hancock" from her dress has erupted into a national conversation about sportswashing that some athletes and fans say is overdue.

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Tim Winton urges Fremantle Dockers to drop Woodside Energy sponsorship

Group of fans including former WA premier Carmen Lawrence say having fossil fuel company as major sponsor is ‘no longer appropriate’

The Guardian - AU

Booker prize: it has been six years since an Australian was nominated. What gives?

The prize still holds immense power for Australian sales, but a 2014 rule change made it harder for local books to get a look-in

The Guardian - AU

Tim Winton on Blueback, Ningaloo, and 40 years of writing

The Western Australian writer and environmental activist says the "clock is ticking" on human existence — but there's still an important place for art and writing.

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Celebrating a decade of MUD Literary Club support for 'rank and file' writers at Adelaide Writers' Week

A philanthropic arts organisation that has supported famed writers like Hannah Kent, Tim Winton and Trent Dalton is celebrating its 10-year anniversary at Adelaide Writers' Week.

ABC News

Tim Winton uses Perth Festival address to denounce fossil fuel reliance, arts sponsorship

Tim Winton is the latest Perth Festival artist to denounce Woodside's Scarborough gas project in WA, as well as the fossil fuel company's sponsorship of an arts festival event.

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‘It makes us chumps’: Tim Winton speaks out against fossil fuel sponsorship of Perth festival

Speaking at the festival, the author took aim at the event’s ‘embarrassing’ financial arrangements that come ‘straight out of the big tobacco playbook’

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