Belinda Castles

It is, and I think it's generous in various ways that come from the collective nature of the enterprise.

I think it's generous in what it views as Australian literature.

I mean, necessarily generous.

It's expansive.

It's capacious, I think.

The individual enthusiasms of the contributors are

sort of unthinkingly generous there's this lovely assumption that seems to lie behind all the essays that of course i think this person is wonderful even when i find them complicated and frustrating there's so much of value here to me personally that i'd love to pass on and as a collective enterprise you realize because we we put it together piecemeal

you end up with this absolute treasure house.

It gave me lots of wonderful reading recommendations.

And one of the reasons that I wanted there to be so many people involved was because my own reading can only be limited.

And there's so much to choose from that I hope readers who aren't necessarily writers or don't want to be writers can

really gain a rich and enlivening picture of Australian stories.

Thanks, Kate.

Thanks, everyone.

Thanks, Kate.

Thank you.

It's been great.

Alex Clayton is an art dealer.

She lives in Melbourne.

She's a bit of a loner and she lives by her wits to a certain degree, buying and selling, but I guess you'd call it the lower end of the market.