![]() While the primary audience of Reading like an Australian writer is writer–readers, there is much fodder here for structural editors of fiction too. Both books are propelled by the notion that attentive reading is vital to the alchemy of writing well. ![]() But where Prose’s book presents her exploration into the craft of writing through the close reading of classic Western authors (mostly men), Reading like an Australian writer is a collection of diverse essays by accomplished Australian novelists (mostly women), all of whom also teach and mentor other writers. ![]() Reading like an Australian writer presents 25 essays on the craft of writing literary fiction and some of the purposes such writing can serve.Įditor of the collection, award-winning novelist Belinda Castles, acknowledges it was inspired by the New York Times bestseller Reading like a writer by opening her introduction with a quote from that book’s author, Francine Prose. ![]()
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