If writing fiction is the art of the possible, then writing non-fiction can be seen as the seen as the art of the probable There seems to be an almost insatiable demand for our non-fiction to be served up in an enticing and satisfying way and Ken Haley, journalist and author of Emails From the Edge, along with Anna Funder and Christopher Kremmer, are all Australian authors who consider the issues involved with the practice of their craft. In the chair is Christopher Moore, arts editor of the Christchurch Press.
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