Man Booker winner Richard Flanagan says we need writing that challenges us

By Jason Steger
Updated September 7 2016 - 10:13am, first published September 1 2016 - 9:49am
Man Booker-winning author RIchard Flanagan at the University of Melbourne. Photo: Simon Schluter
Man Booker-winning author RIchard Flanagan at the University of Melbourne. Photo: Simon Schluter

Richard Flanagan is the first Boisbouvier professor of Australian literature at the University of Melbourne, but if the model for the new position is any sort of guide he is far from the last.