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Margaret Simons

Margaret Simons is a freelance journalist and author and director of the Centre for Advancing Journalism at the University of Melbourne. She writes about the media for a number of publications and has published eleven books including The Content Makers and more recently Malcolm Fraser: the political memoirs, written with the late former prime minister. This won book of the year and best non-fiction book at the 2010 NSW Premier’s Literary Awards. Her most recent book before this one was Self Made Man, a biography of media proprietor Kerry Stokes, which won the history prize in the WA Australian Premier’s Literary Awards. In the past Simons has worked for The Ageand The Australian newspapers. As a freelancer, she has had work published in dozens of magazines and newspapers in Australia and overseas.

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Six Square Metres

Margaret Simons

RRP: $24.99 Pub date: 23 Sep 2015 Category: Memoirs Cover view

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Journalism at the Crossroads

Margaret Simons

RRP: $24.99 Pub date: 28 Aug 2012 Category: Media studies Cover view