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  Phil Brown

    journalist . writer . poet

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1. Article in the "Walkley"
   Hay there!
   Phil Brown was a vegetarian reporting on the Cattlemen’s Union, and he admits he knew nothing. ... read here
   
   

2. read Phil's latest review in
   The Australian Literary Review May 5, 2010 - click here
   Review of:
   Curtains - By Tom Jokinen - UQP, 279pp, $32.95
   The Deadly Dinner Party - By Jonathan A Edlow - New South, 245pp, $34.95
   The D-Word - By Sue Brayne - Continuum, 172pp, $25
   ... read here
   
   

3. Memories of a Mentor: Bruce Dawe

   April 2010 - Phil Brown
   

   In the late 1970s, Phil Brown found himself studying at Toowoomba under the tutelage of Bruce Dawe, one of Australia’s best-loved and most respected poets. During the following year and a half, he found himself gradually drawn out of his undergraduate reluctance and into exciting and at times baffling the world of Thomas, Plath, Hughes and Lawrence. In the March edition of Meanjin, Brown writes on the lasting effects of this mentorship, and what it was likely to be taught by one of the true Australian greats.
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4. Storm boy - by Phil Brown
   Father and son bond over the drama of Brisbane’s seasonal sideshow.
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