GERALDINE PASCALL FOUNDATION

2010 PASCALL ‘CRITIC OF THE YEAR’

 MARK MORDUE

 It was "a packed house" when Mark Mordue was announced as the winner

of this year’s Pascall Prize for critical writing.  

 The presentation of a cheque for $15,000 took place at the Sydney Writers’ Festival

on Saturday 22nd May 2010, preceded by a lively panel debate on the subject of critical writing

“Don’t shoot me, I’m only the critic!”

 We congratulate Mark, critic, writer and journalist,

whose critical works on music, film, literature, and art have appeared in The Australian, Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, The Bulletin, Rolling Stone and The Big Issue.

(Click here for Media Release)

  Our sincere thanks to the judging panel

 Kathy Cleland, Alison Croggon, Damon Young, Adrian Read (convenor)

 and to the debating panel at the presentation function

 Alan Saunders (MC), Guy Griffin, John McCallum, Julie Rigg, Gillian Serisier

who kept the audience entertained.

Many thanks also to

 Paradise Beach Purveyors for the delectable dips and nibbles

and

 Madfish Wines for providing the delicious wine.

 A special vote of appreciation to the Sydney Writers’ Festival for hosting this event

and our congratulations on their first-rate organisation and well deserved success!

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