Music in Print

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The link between music and literature is as old as the hills. In ancient Greece, storytellers sang their Homeric epics. These days, it’s almost commonplace for rock stars to publish their memoirs, novels and poems. Meanwhile, the literary canon about the musical canon grows by the day.

Music and literature are two sides of the same coin. Our panel of musicians and musicophiles – Oz rock legend Shane Howard, singer Ali McGregor and conductor Richard Gill – explore the many ways these two arts continue to inspire one another.