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Limelight magazine poses five questions to ten of the authors attending the 2005 Sydney Writers' Festival. Australian writers in the group are Adib Kahn, Carmel Bird, Gabrielle Lord, John Misto and Ouyang Yu. The other authors are Augusten Burroughs, Jodi Picoult, Adeline Yen Mah, Michael Winter and Nancy Pearl.
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Note: Photographs and brief biographies of the authors appear on pp.34-35.
Editor's note: Patrick White's play The Ham Funeral is rarely performed professionally in Australia. Malthouse artistic director Michael Kantor tells Peter Clarke why it should be, and why our theatrical heritage needs reviewing.
Writers Andrew Bovell and Louis Nowra discuss the factors that contribute to a good screenplay. Actor David Wenham also discusses the adaptation of Elliot Perlman's Three Dollars.
