Powerful, enigmatic, stage presence, intelligence, wise, experienced.
These are only some of the words that can be used for David Malouf.
Listening to David is like listening to a football coach preparing you for the big game. You absorb absolutely everything that he says and it resonates with your own experiences. The beginning was about proposed legislation that will strip the copyright from authors 15 years after it has been published where the rest of the world maintains 70 years after the author has died. Why would we try and strip away their livelihood? I think the politicians should listen to David and they would soon change their minds.
The quote of the session was when David reflects on writing his second book. In David's own words "I had written my first book and my last book and now I have to write all the books in-between". The way that he also commented on how you should maintain loyalty to a publisher as it allows a relationship to build, also the perils of taking and advance on a book as it may come back to burn you later on.
A wonderful session by a wise man.
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