Submitted by Paul Daley on
Life could have turned out very differently for Birch, who was twice expelled from school as a boy. The celebrated author reflects on masculinity, AFL and surviving domestic violence
- This article is part of a new series of walking interviews
- Get our weekend culture and lifestyle email
Tony Birch meets me at the old Fitzroy Football Club grandstand on a Melbourne morning of biting wind and horizontal rain.
Birch grew up in and around Fitzroy, then a working-class suburb. The area forms the setting for his latest novel, Women & Children, which is about domestic violence, female resilience and children who witness too much.
- Log in to post comments