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June 12, 2014
The ABC’s The Drum, on 4 April 2014 http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-04-04/larkin-caving-to-insidious-chinese-censorship/5367068 After being on the receiving end of Chinese censorship, I wonder if China’s ever-widening powers over free […]
June 12, 2014
From The Epoch Times, 3 April 2014 by Joshua Philipp. http://www.theepochtimes.com/n3/598785-chinese-censors-twist-arm-of-readers-digest/ Australian thriller novelist L.A. (Louisa) Larkin was working on her next novel on March 24, […]
June 12, 2014
How Reader’s Digest Became A Chinese Stooge by Nick Cohen in The Guardian http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/mar/29/readers-digest-chinese-stooge-censorship The notion that the formerly mighty American publisher Reader’s Digest would allow […]
June 10, 2014
What makes a compelling central character? Mystery and suspense novels, by their very nature, demand complex and intriguing plots. But an ingenious plot is wasted if […]
May 19, 2014
I ran a detective crime fiction course recently at the NSW Writers’ Centre and I kicked off with a very brief history of the detective novel […]
April 9, 2014
I was very honoured to be asked to join Mark Colvin on his PM radio show to talk about censorship recently. Here is a link to […]
April 5, 2014
After being on the receiving end of Chinese censorship, I wonder if China’s ever-widening powers over free speech will even be discussed when Tony Abbott’s trade […]
April 4, 2014
Fascinating piece in The Sydney Morning Herald by Nick Galvin on 2 April 2014. It has to be read to be believed. Follow this link to […]
April 1, 2014
I never thought I’d see the day when my thrillers would come to the attention of the Chinese Government. But THIRST, my Antarctic thriller, has done […]