Acknowledgements

‘The Man Who Liked To Come With The News’ first appeared in The State of the Art, 1983.

‘Commuting’ first appeared in Island, issue 52, Spring 1992 and as ‘A Christmas Story’ in Motherlove, Stories about Birth, Babies and Beyond.

‘The Studio’ first appeared in Southerly, Winter 1996

‘Mrs B’ first appeared in Meanjin 1, 2013