Jordan Bass, managing editor of McSweeney’s Publishing, launched the 41st issue of McSweeney’s Quarterly Concern with Australian contributors Melissa Lucashenko, Ellen van Neerven-Currie and Chris Flynn at the Brisbane Writers Festival last weekend. I love a writers festival and coming across authors I haven’t read before. I left the festival with two new books – McSweeney’s 41 (pictured above) – I am most keen to read more of the work of Melissa Lucashenko and Riding the Trains in Japan by Patrick Holland – recommended reading.
