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Tim Winton goes cli-fi – his dystopian novel Juice breaks new ground to face the climate emergency

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par Per Henningsgaard, Senior Lecturer, Professional Writing and Publishing, Curtin University

When I got my first job in publishing in New York City, the managing editor offered me the following advice about reading the slush pile for potential new acquisitions: “Imagine you acquire the manuscript and publish the book. Now, can you think of five people you would recommend this book to because you know they would enjoy reading it, and what would you say to get them interested?”

It turns out, coming up with compelling reasons for five people is harder than it sounds. Ever since, this has been one of my benchmarks for judging a book’s worthiness. It reminds me to think about how…

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