It's disturbing at my age to look at a young woman's destructive behaviour and hear the echoes of it, of one's own destructiveness in youth. Helen Garner agebehaviourdestructive Change image and share on social
Janet Malcolm's probably the writer I most admire and who's most influenced me. Helen Garner admireinfluencejanet Change image and share on social
I think some people wished I'd kept myself out of the book. But I kind of insist on it because I want the reader to share my engagement with the material, if you like, not pretend that I'm doing it completely intellectually. Helen Garner bookcompletelyengagement share on social
Now, I - for several years while I was researching this book, I felt quite obsessed by thoughts about sentencing, punishment, how judges arrive at their decisions. Helen Garner arrivebookdecision Change image and share on social