Paul Morgan
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Paul Morgan

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** Where were you born? In London, though I have lived in Australia for the past twenty years. ** You were educated in London? Yes, and later at the University of Wales where I studied Philosophy and English. I did a Master's on Nabokov and later a doctoral thesis on the novel and reception theory. ** Where do you live now? After working in various places in the UK and Australia, I settled in Melbourne where I now live with my partner, Caroline. ** Have you always written? For as long as I can remember. Since I was very young, I've been fascinated by language, by how each word exists in multiple, shimmering dimensions. It has a semantic meaning. It has a sound. It has a shape and a weight on the page. The meaning and 'feel' of a word change too depending on the context, on who is reading it, and when. Really, you could spend a whole day thinking profitably about one word. Language is the nearest thing we have to magic. It can transform the way we see the world, especially in a novel of course. ** How do you write? I generally work towards a first draft in longhand and type this up on my MacBook when I have a chapter. Then the hard work starts: rewriting repeatedly - building up and cutting back - until I think it works. ** The books on your bedside table? James Salter Dusk and Other Stories David Malouf Every Move You Make Zadie Smith Marth and Hanwell Patrick White The Twyborn Affair Vladimir Nabokov Lectures on Literature Gail Jones Sixty Lights Janine Burke The Gods of Freud Hanif Kureishi Midnight All Day ** The music you're listening to? Finn Brothers Everyone is Here The Necks Hanging Gardens Massive Attack Blue Lines Gustav Mahler Kindertotenlieder Nick Cave The Lyre of Orpheus Richard Wagner Tristan und Isolde Erykah Badu Worldwide Jill Scott Beautifully Human Radiohead Hail to the Thief John Tavener The Protecting Veil
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