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Australian writer Magan Magan
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Magan Magan is a writer and poet based in Melbourne. He holds a Creative Writing degree from Victoria University.
Magan is the author of From Grains to Gold (Vulgar Press, 2018), a collection of poems about grief. His work has been published in Hyde magazine, literary arts journal Offset, Cordite Poetry Review, The Suburban Review, Djed Press, The Lifted Brow and Plumwood Mountain Journal.
Magan is published in anthologies such as Shots From The Chamber, Hunter Anthology of Contemporary Australian Feminist Poetry and Australian Poetry. He writes reviews for Cordite Poetry Review and Melbourne Spoken Word.
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What a year. Who would have thought this time last year that 2020 would bring a pandemic? And what did it mean for books? Well, publishing schedules went a bit haywire as titles were postponed, trumpeted or slipped under the radar. It was possibly the worst time to be a debut author, with launches taking on a new identity.
Writers festivals and bookshop events were cancelled or migrated online. But didn t we readers respond well? We took to virtual events in our homes with alacrity, while festival directors swiftly and imaginatively adapted their offerings in a new world.