Bryan Brown hated English as a kid. One book changed everything

Literature meant nothing to the future actor when he was growing up in Sydney. But a long plane flight unlocked his inner storyteller.

  • Kylie Northover

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Morgan Freeman told me:‘If you don’t cast me ... I’ll hunt you down’

Bruce Beresford’s career almost ended before it began because no-one would hire him after he made The Adventures of Barry McKenzie in 1972. Luckily,it didn’t.

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Why this legendary director never rewatches his old films

There are personal elements to Bruce Beresford’s new film about a set designer who returns home to Australia to deal with his ageing parents.

  • Garry Maddox
Actor Bryan Brown says everything he learnt about fatherhood he learnt from his mother.

Bryan Brown met his dad just 10 times. He was determined to turn up for his kids

“It was like he was just another man,not my father,” the famous actor recalls this Father’s Day.

  • Peter FitzSimons
Lachlan Murdoch and wife Sarah have applied to renovate their driveway.

Lachlan and Sarah Murdoch need a new $184,000 driveway

Life never stands still if you are a Murdoch.

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Sunny Leunig speaking at his father’s memorial service at St Paul’s Cathedral

Leunig,artist of little people,is farewelled at a mighty cathedral

Michael Leunig,one of Australia’s most loved cartoonists for more than half a century,is farewelled at Melbourne’s St Paul’s Cathedral.

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Author Kate Manne at the Sydney Writers’ Festival at Carriageworks.

‘Misogynistic massacre’:Sydney Writers’ Festival closing address dedicated to Bondi Junction victims

A feminist author used her closing address to call out “himpathy”,where men who commit violence receive “disproportionate and undue sympathy”.

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Authors Ann Patchett,Bonnie Garmus and Paul Lynch will appear at the 2024 Sydney Writers’ Festival.

Nobel laureates,Pulitzer winners lead Sydney Writers’ Festival line up

More than 35 stars of the international literary scene will feature as part of the 2024 Sydney Writers’ Festival.

  • Helen Pitt
Bryan Brown at Margaret River Writers Festival

The accidental author:Bryan Brown can’t get used to being invited to literary events

Despite great reviews for his debut short story collection,Sweet Jimmy,the legendary Australian actor struggles with the label “author”.

  • Mark Naglazas
Brown’s new short-story collection mines his childhood for characters and incidents. “What’s the emotion that lasts longest? Guilt.”

‘It all comes from his mother’:the surprising force behind Bryan Brown

On screen,Bryan Brown has long been the archetypal Aussie bloke. Off screen,it’s women who’ve shaped him.

  • Amanda Hooton