Take a leaf from the library of a blowhard Nov 14, 2009
Some inside covers feature Post-it notes from "Les" (Les Murray, with whom he worked at Quadrant) and notes from McGuinness regarding pages of particular interest. "I've just left all that stuff in there," Ms McGuinness says. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Adventures in Caravanastan Nov 3, 2009
He spends a day with poet Les Murray in the hills behind Gloucester; meets a Christian family home-schooling their children while driving around Australia; gauges the temperature of the logging-greenie debate in Tasmania; gets into an ugly debate with some racists from Young; meets tree-changers living in Tasmania, including a neurosurgeon who now translates Chinese poetry; spends time with some of the crazies living in Lightning Ridge; and then it's on through Queensland, the Northern Territory... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Macquarie PEN Anthology of Australian Literature Aug 12, 2009
How can Lionel Fogarty be given more space than Les Murray (ambiguously described as "recognised internationally as Australia's most successful poet"). Helen Garner than David Malouf. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Authors throw the book at pirates Jun 16, 2009
"Other countries though are more problematic. We have had success in having unauthorised works taken down, but it takes time. There's a whole heap of poetry up on the web as well, much of it unauthorised. Poems by Judith Wright and Les Murray are everywhere," he says. send photos, videos ffs to 0424 SMS SMH (+61 424 767 764), or us. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Peter Hartcher May 27, 2009
The auctioneer offered a dinner for 10 people with Les Murray. The starting price was $1000. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Bitter FIFA fight to go to Asian vote May 1, 2009
" The enmity between the AFC chief and Korean officialdom was made plain when bin Hammam said in a Qatari TV interview early in the campaign that he would cut the head off Korean FA president Cho Chung-yeon. While bin Hammam told The Associated Press that this was merely an Arabic metaphor similar to the English saying "heads will roll", that was not enough to placate the Korean Football Association, which referred the comment to FIFA's ethics committee. However, that semantic spat was a... (The Star Online, Malaysia -- Sports)
Australia's odd couple Apr 19, 2009
SBS TV legend Les Murray has been wearing a different hat in recent days. Murray sits on FIFA's Ethics Committee and has called on FIFA to investigate alleged "vote-buying" before the coming Asian Football Confederation elections, by supporters of Sheikh Salman, a rival to AFC boss Mohamed Bin Hammam. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)
Newcastle or bust Apr 10, 2009
Michael Duffy joined the poet Les Murray for a stroll down a Hunter memory lane, and a peek into the future ... The man who has written about it best is the poet Les Murray, whose fine verse novel Fredy Neptune (his "secret autobiography") is partly set there. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Old Firm skirmishes should be old hat in the modern game Mar 14, 2009
45am on Monday, Sydney time, to watch the match (hosted by Les Murray and called by England's Steve Banyard), how many would bother if it were just another match between two top Glasgow clubs. If previous Old Firm telecasts are a guide, viewers will see or hear next to nothing of what is happening in the stands. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)
