Helen Garner on the agony of prizes, burning her diaries and asking the tough questions

By Jason Steger
Updated April 20 2016 - 10:33am, first published April 8 2016 - 11:45pm
Novelist, short-story writer, screenwriter and journalist Helen Garner. Photo: Scott Barbour
Novelist, short-story writer, screenwriter and journalist Helen Garner. Photo: Scott Barbour
The sashimi at Shoya restaurant. Photo: Scott Barbour
The sashimi at Shoya restaurant. Photo: Scott Barbour
The eel at Shoya restaurant.  Photo: Scott Barbour
The eel at Shoya restaurant. Photo: Scott Barbour
The sashimi  at Shoya restaurant. Photo: Scott Barbour
The sashimi at Shoya restaurant. Photo: Scott Barbour
reciept for garner interview by jason steger Photo: q
reciept for garner interview by jason steger Photo: q

Helen Garner is relating something an old woman told her at a time when she was feeling rather gloomy about life. "She said her garden had got her through three nervous breakdowns and I thought, 'Thanks, that's a really good thing to know'."

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