Self-Interested, Controlling, Delusional: The Problem of Public Writing

Lauren Oyler is the author of the novel Fake Accounts. Her essays on books and culture appear regularly in The New Yorker, The New York Times, London Review of Books, Harper’s and other publications, and she has just released a collection of these writings called No Judgment. 

Nicole Abadee is the books writer for Good Weekend Magazine (out in Saturday’s Sydney Morning Herald and The Age)and a regular contributor to its Two of Us articles. Following her first career as a barrister, Nicole moved into the world of books, and she has for many years been a regular interviewer at writers’ festivals including Sydney Writers’ Festival, Adelaide Writers’ Week and Canberra Writers’ Festival, and other literary events. Nicole has been a literary judge, a podcaster, and a regular guest on ABC Radio to discuss books, She is a board member of the Indigenous Literacy Foundation.