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Eat your words: can young Australian writers afford to keep creating?

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Producer: Ash Shirvington

Is the starving artist really a myth?

This question is becoming harder to answer as Australian publishing takes blows to funding and support.

Ash Shirvington interrogates this industry from the perspective of emerging writers.

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Featured in this story:

Dr Ella Jeffery, Lecturer, Griffith University

Svetlana Sterlin, founding editor, swim meet lit mag

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