A column canvassing current literary news including a note about the departure of Chrissey Sharp and first appointed director, Caro Llewellyn from The Wheeler Centre, Anson Cameron at the 2011 Perth Writers Festival and Paul Kelly's How to Make Gravy (2010) being shortlisted for 2011 Prime Minister's Literary Awards, Non-Fiction, together with his cousin, Richard McGregor for his book The Party (2010).