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Paddy's Bar - book launch
by pc
Friday June 08, 2007 at 11:14 PM
Standing room only in Paddy's Bar at Trades Hall this evening for the launch of Paddy Garritty's first book, The Barefoot Boy and the Sex-Crazed Parson ...
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He turns 70 this year and is about to retire, so he's doing a writing course 'at a tertiary institution' and planning to spend time fishing and writing. There can't be many connected with the left in Melbourne who haven't benefited one way or another from Paddy's presence at Trades Hall, so it was not surprise the bar was packed this evening for the launch of his first book. Sharan Burrow did the honours, and Paddy read a chapter from the book. The actual farewell will be on 21 July ...
(Paddy had a piece on his impending retirement in the 21May-4June issue of The Big Issue.)
Reading from his work
by pc
Friday June 08, 2007 at 11:14 PM
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