About: John Boland
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- Adjective-addled and dream-dependent idealist, eager-beaver-reader, chalk-carrying street philosopher, recovering magical-realist addict (prognosis not great I’m afraid), pursuer of creative outlets wherever they may be hiding, wanderlust admirer & sufferer, amateur bon vivant, self-confessed (and oft-accused) dilettante, possible future asylum patient, itinerant genius-seeker, and compulsive book-buyer – and arranger of said purchases by the colour of their spine so that my bookshelf appears like a rainbow, at whose end I hope there sits a pot of gold hidden within the next read.
Posts by John Boland:
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January 17, 2017 Update & belated best reads of 2016
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May 28, 2015 2015 Sydney Writers’ Festival: Sunday Highlights
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May 27, 2015 2015 Sydney Writers’ Festival: Saturday Highlights
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May 26, 2015 2015 Sydney Writers’ Festival: Friday Highlights
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May 25, 2015 2015 Sydney Writers’ Festival: Thursday Highlights
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May 19, 2015 SWF: Evie Wyld in discussion with Clementine Ford
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May 19, 2015 Sydney Writers’ Festival 2015
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May 18, 2015 When the Night Comes by Favel Parrett
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- Sydney Writers’ Festival 2015
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