Though most of us can name a few Australian authors — Tim Winton, Robert Hughes, David Malouf, Colleen McCullough, Shirley Hazzard, and Thomas Keneally — the fact is we may not understand the greater context from which they have emerged. And judging from a week spent as a guest at the 2001 Sydney Writers’ Festival,…Continue Reading
ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED AT INSIDE.COM (8/8/00) As publishers clucked over General Electric CEO Jack Welch‘s vertigo-inducing $7.1 million advance — right on the heels of former Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin‘s $3.3 million one– it was only too obvious that business books have become, well, big business. In fact, business book sales in the professional category rocketed…Continue Reading
