"Who are you anyway but a figure in life who loves literature in all its phases; but not necessarily life in all of hers." Today we remember Barry Dickins by re-publishing WRITING FOR A DYING, a meditation on his career first published in our online magazine in 2015 overland.org.au/2015/11/writ...

Writing for a dying - Overland literary journalI have written for my bread and butter (usually margarine!) ever since I failed high school in 1965. I have made both a fortune from it as well as nothing. I have had popular daily or weekly newspaper...overland.org.au