{"product_id":"9781923023413","title":"Confessions of a Minor Poet","description":"Author: Phil Brown\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781923023413\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Transit Lounge\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 01 Oct 2025\u003cbr\u003ePages: 272\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'What a life. What a book. When it's not making your ribs rattle with laughter, it's making your heart ache with all the pathos and poetry. A memory box of jewels from a true Brisbane treasure.'  Trent Dalton \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHilarious, heartfelt and revealing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePhil Brown tells all (well almost all) in this rollicking account of his career in literature and journalism from\u003ci\u003e The Morning Bulletin\u003c\/i\u003e in Rockhampton to Melbourne's\u003ci\u003e Sunday Age\u003c\/i\u003e and back to \u003ci\u003eThe Courier-Mail\u003c\/i\u003e in Brisbane. He shares his challenges as a young surfer foolishly yearning to be a poet and his personal struggles on the road to becoming a writer with a fluctuating passion for poetry and a top drawer full of rejection slips. There are the seminal friendships with poets Bruce Dawe and Les Murray and a cavalcade of characters from the world of arts and letters  Barry Humphries, Willem Dafoe, Daniel Craig, Alain de Botton, Richard E. Grant and a cavalcade of characters he meets (and interviews) along the way, for better and occasionally, worse.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eConfessions of a Minor Poet\u003c\/i\u003e is a hugely entertaining memoir that shows us all how the life of a writer can be frustrating, even enraging but ultimately life-enriching. This is a vital, wild and affectionate ride across Queensland, New South Wales, and Victoria, from the seventies to now.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46867065569438,"sku":"ADS-9781923023413","price":32.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781923023413.jpg?v=1779429146","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781923023413","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}