Encore: David Malouf on growing up in Brisbane and his life of letters

Award-winning Australian author, poet and essayist David Malouf died last week at the age of 92, he spoke with Richard in 2014. The first son of a Lebanese family, David spent his early years in South Brisbane, his vivid memories of life as it was then are captured in his classics, Johnno and 12 Edmondstone Street. Although his father played representative rugby league and was a champion boxer, David pursued a life of letters and during his career he published numerous highly-awarded novels and collections of essays. This episode was first broadcast in March 2014 To binge even more great episodes of the Conversations podcast with Richard Fidler and Sarah Kanowski go the ABC listen app (Australia) or wherever you get your podcasts. There you’ll find hundreds of the best thought-provoking interviews with authors, writers, artists, politicians, psychologists, musicians, and celebrities.

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Encore: David Malouf on growing up in Brisbane and his life of letters is an episode from Conversations by Australian Broadcasting Corporation.

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This episode was published on Apr 30, 2026.

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