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27 January 2010This essay discusses the competing voices in Australian story-telling.

"Writers matter a little bit, but great stories told well matter hugely. There has never been a civilisation that has managed without fiction, and this is because the best fiction changes us in ways that we often only dimly understand. Biologists now suggest that our need to hear stories is hardwired. Listening to stories exercises our brains in valuable ways, teaching us how other people think, and feel."

Publication typeArticle
Publisher TypeAPO Member, Journal
CoverageAustralia
Permanent URLhttp://apo.org.au/node/20235
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