Max Anderson
Author's name:
Max Anderson
Author description:
Max Anderson is a writer. He would rather be a gold prospector (and spent six months in an outback town of 13 struggling to be just that) but words come easier to him than the yellow stuff. It's fair to say his book Digger is the ultimate dirty book. His more respectable incarnations include Travel Editor of Ansett's in-flight mag and Deputy Travel Editor for London's Sunday Times. He lives in the Adelaide Hills with patient wife and irrepressible twin rodents. He likes pubs.
Latest book:
Pubs Pews and Powerbrokers
East Street Publishing, Adelaide, 2007
Pubs Pews and Powerbrokers is the story of a special suburb. Blueprinted by Colonel William Light and set in a moat of green parklands, North Adelaide has always looked splendid on the map. This book shows that the reality remains equally impressive today. Pubs Pews and Powerbrokers was commissioned by the City of Adelaide to commemorate the addition of 178 local heritage places in North Adelaide and the creation of the North Adelaide historic conservation zone. It rejoices in the living heritage of North Adelaide – not only in the bricks and mortar, but also its history, its fortunes and its follies.
Sample bibliography:
Digger: One Man, One Pan and Million Square Miles of Outback
Picador, London, 2005
Genres:
Adventure, Australiana, Essays/articles, Non-fiction, Radio, Travel
Contact author:
Max Anderson
Email: shoveller@internode.on.net
Phone: 08 8339 2495
Available for:
workshops, speaking engagements
The SA Writers' Centre is assisted by the South Australian Government through Arts SA, and the Commonwealth Government through the Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory bodies.