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Diary Australia

Australian diary

28 May 2016

9:00 AM

28 May 2016

9:00 AM

April 2012. News Limited newshound Steve Lewis and I are hustling to a meeting at the ABC’s headquarters in Ultimo. We are there to see the development manager for drama, seeking advice on turning our yet-to-be-published political novel, The Marmalade Files, into a mini-series. Steve has feelers out everywhere, carpet-bombing the television industry with emails and phone calls.

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