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Discusses the under-represenation of poets at Australian literary festivals and explains the reasons for the cancellation of the launches of Paper Bark Press publications which were to have occurred during the 2002 Melbourne Writers' Festival.
The main essay by Morag Fraser (p.35-37) is complemented by further responses from a range of writers, scholars and public figures (p.38-43). The additional, invited contributors are: Gareth Evans, Alison Broinowski, Patrick McCaughey, Allan Patience, Dennis Altman, John Carroll, Peter Mares, Susan Hawthorne, Tony Coady and Richard Neville.