Brindlestyle

'The national identity is in the hands of it's popular fiction writers as much as it's highest paid journalists.

Apparently he doesn't swear anymore, but Fark Can 'e Talk! 

 Robert Barrett pulls a crowd into Cairns Library...  He's just a falla  -gives us a mirror to see bits of our self. 

Bob's Website  HOT OFF THE PRESS! New book - Les Norton and the Case of the Talking Pie Crust Nov '07.

Les Norton & the Case of the Talking Pie Crust

It was good to hear Mr Barrett mention one of our favourite subjects at Brindle Style  - getting a quid.  Barrett tells the yarn of running into Gina Jeffries and her sense of weirdness - seeing her work playing on the TV. LOL! While you're standing in the dole queue.  

Robert Barrett's a legend in Australia.  As our friend Chrissy put it "He reminds me of my brothers."  Course a brotherly response from the ladies is not the only one.  Barret even inspires a little Beatle-mania.

 Media Reform

Maiia: I think what I noticed most, (same with the Witi Ihimaera piece) is the power to build kinship created by a good story-teller.  We all loved it when we read about Jacko's Blues Bar in Goodoo Goodoo.  When we recognise a part of our self in the story.                                                                                 Reihana Waru

Cairns Librarian proposed she would write up an interview so we'll keep an ear out (as Van Goh put it) and link it back to ya...

Making a living from your craft?  Well Robert Barret has.