Truth in Fiction

Journalist Paul Daley has long been preoccupied by the myths of white Australia and the collective amnesia when it comes to our shameful national past. His latest novel, Jesustown, set in the mid-20th century in a remote Aboriginal community, is a study of the multi-generational effects of Australian colonial violence. He talks to Jack Latimore about why Jesustown had to be a novel and what fiction can contribute to truth.

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Paul Daley is a Sydney-based author, essayist and multi-award-winning journalist who writes about history, Australian national identity and Indigenous culture in his column ‘Postcolonial’ for The Guardian. He is the author of On Patriotism, the political thriller Challenge, and his latest novel Jesustown.

Jack Latimore is a Birpai-Thungutti man, a journalist and a writer. He currently works as the Aboriginal affairs journalist for The Age.

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