CONTRIBUTORS

NICK FEIK

(“An Exclusive Culture”, p.12) is the editor of The Monthly.

TIM WINTON (“Saving Ningaloo”, p.14) is a writer. His most recent novel is The Shepherd’s Hut.

JEFF SPARROW

(“Norfolk’s Choice”, p.18) is a Melbourne editor, writer and broadcaster. His latest book is Trigger Warnings: Political Correctness and the Rise of the Right.

EMMA HARDY (“Age of Activism”, p.20) is a writer and an improviser based in Naarm (Melbourne).

RICHARD COOKE

(“Losing the Plot”, p.22) is The Monthly’s US correspondent and contributing editor.

JOHN BIRMINGHAM

(“The Rebellion”, p.30) is an author, a columnist and a journalist. His books include

He Died With a Felafel in His Hand and

Leviathan: The Unauthorised Biography of Sydney.

SAM VINCENT

(“A Nagging Doubt”, p.38) is a Canberrabased writer and the author of Blood and Guts: Dispatches from the Whale Wars.

KIM MAHOOD (“The Man in the Log”, p.50) is the author of Craft for a Dry Lake, Position Doubtful and the essay “Kartiya Are Like Toyotas: White Workers on Australia’s Cultural Frontier”. LOLA BUTTON (“Skin in the Game”, p.60) is a Melbournebased creative writing student and works at a cinema.

MARGARET SIMONS

(“Angeles City Revisited”, p.64) is an associate professor in journalism at Monash University. She is the author of numerous essays and articles and 10 books, including The Content Makers.

NAM LE (“His Own Gravity”, p.70) is the author of The Boat. His poetry has been published in Conjunctions, Boston Review and Harvard Review. His book On David Malouf will be published in May 2019.

ADAM RIVETT (“Fair Judgement Without Surrender”, p.76) is a Melbourne-based writer. He has written for The Lifted Brow, The Age, The Australian, Island, Fireflies and Seizure.

SHANE DANIELSEN

(“The Virtue of Concision”, p.80) is a screenwriter and former artistic director of the Edinburgh International Film Festival.

ANWEN CRAWFORD

(“Too Many Girls”, p.84) is The Monthly’s music critic.

OSLO DAVIS

(“In Light of Recent Events”, p.90) is an illustrator, artist and cartoonist. His latest book is Overheard – The Art of Eavesdropping. His work currently adorns a tram as part of the Melbourne Festival’s Art Tram project.