‘Late Fragment’ from All of Us: the collected poems of Raymond Carver, published by Harvill Press. Copyright © Tess Gallagher. Reprinted by permission of The Random House Group Ltd.
‘The Cinnamon Peeler’ by Michael Ondaatje, The Cinnamon Peeler. Picador, 1989. Copyright © Michael Ondaatje.
‘California’ by Joni Mitchell, Blue, Reprise Records, 1971. Copyright © Joni Mitchell.
Every effort has been made to contact the copyright holders of material in this book. However where an omission has occurred, the author and publisher will gladly include acknowledgment in any future editions.
Thanks to my agent Jenny Darling for support, editorial feedback, friendship, and, for a few months there, some office space. Thanks to my publishers at Text Publishing, Patty Brown and Michael Heyward. Thanks to Amanda Brett, for jokes and editing.
For a cover and friendship, thanks to Chong Weng-Ho.
Thanks also to my dear friends and colleagues who endured endless conversations about, and gave much needed feedback on, Geography, most particularly Tony Ayres, Kate Cole-Adams, Emily O’Connell, Jane Gleeson-White, Greg Hunt, Daniel Joyce, Kim Langley, Christine McMahon, Helen Murdoch, Meredith Rose and Leigh Small. Thanks too to all of the writers I have worked with over the years who allowed me to edit them, and talk about the writing process.
For help with obscure (well, obscure to me) facts, thanks to James Button, Saul Cunningham, Gideon Haigh, Adrienne Nicotra and Matthew Stephens.
For providing a place to write, thanks to Peter Bishop and Inez Brewer, and the Varuna Writers’ Centre.
And finally I would like to thank Virginia Murdoch for many, many things—including her editorial work and IT know-how.