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Measures of Success
Sun 11 Sep, 2pm
What does success mean for an author? Is it an attainable form of creative contentment, or a maddening ambition for artistic perfection never quite realised, no matter the accolades and adulation? Hear from the winner of the 2022 Stella Prize Evelyn Araluen (Dropbear), multi-award-winning novelist Laura Jean McKay (The Animals in That Country), prolific English author Sarah Moss (The Fell), and Prime Minister’s Literary Award-winning poet and novelist Omar Sakr (Son of Sin) in conversation with Sisonke Msimang (Always Another Country) as they unravel their own experiences as successful, award-winning authors, the privileges and pitfalls that such a status extends, and how they’ve navigated the highs and lows of their careers and the publishing industry at large.
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