What writers look for when they read a novel
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Ed., Belinda Castles
As
The Sydney Morning Heraldâs new literary editor in 1996, I dashed off a note to writer Debra Adelaide, asking her to review Kate Jenningsâ first novel,
Snake. Twenty-five years later, Iâm thrilled to see the ripples of enjoyment and influence set off by my choice of a perceptive reader.
Within days of learning that Jennings had died in New York this month, I read about Adelaideâs long relationship with