'The stories in We All Need a Witness take us into worlds that are humble, mad, strange, poignant, or romantic. ... There is a sense, across the collection, of longing; a fascination with the haphazard materiality of books, letters and other modes of communication; of the complicated nature of feeling. Most of all, these are stories with a great sense of being at home, not only in Australia but in this planet's far-flung places. This is a collection that does not just look in, but out into the world.' -- From the Forward by Delia Falconer, pp. 7,8.