Exercising the Muscle of Curiosity: A Conversation with Helen Garner

Abstract

Helen Garner visited James Cook University in May 1997 at the invitation of The Foundation for Australian Literary Studies and the School of Languages, Literature and Communication. She delivered the Cohn Roderick Lectures on her chosen topic: "The Art of the Dumb Question." The following conversation took place the day after her final lecture, aboard a Pure Pleasure Cruises catamaran, as it steamed from Townsville out to Kelso Reef.