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Chip Le Grand

Chip Le Grand is the chief reporter for The Age. He has worked as a journalist with The Australian and The Age newspapers for thirty years, and has spent most of that time writing about the people and politics of Melbourne. During the pandemic, he worked from home with his wife, three teenage children and two large dogs, reporting on the COVID crisis, and at one point wondering how to cook a frozen duck bought in panic when the shelves of his local supermarket were otherwise bare. His previous book, The Straight Dope, an investigation into the Essendon and Cronulla doping scandals, won the Walkley Book Prize and William Hill Australian Sports Book of the Year.

Image credit: Justin McManus, The Age.

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Events

  • Canberra Writers Festival: Way Women Lead

    Senate Chamber | Museum of Australian Democracy Old Parliament House 18 King George Terrace, Canberra, ACT

    Want to be inspired by the stories of brilliant women? Join us to celebrate books that speak boldly about the vital role of women in leadership roles across the media,...

  • Lucy Ridge at Tamar Valley Writers Festival (Tas)

    University of Tasmania, Rivers Edge Building, Inveresk Campus 2 Invermay Rd, Launceston, TAS

    The 2026 Tamar Valley Writers Festival celebrates the art of storytelling in all its forms with its 2026 theme "Feed the Soul". In partnership with the transformed University of Tasmania,...

  • Ubud Writers and Readers Festival: Richard King: Brave New Wild

    Indus Restaurant Raya Sanggingan, Kedewatan, Kecamatan Ubud, Kabupaten Gianyar, Bali, Indonesia

    Can technology really save the planet? From geoengineering and biotechnology to AI, the stuff of science fiction is now a reality. But in bending nature to our will, what do...

  • Adelaide Book Launch: Space XX with Elise Stephenson

    Australian Space Discovery Centre Lot Fourteen Ground floor, McEwin Building/364-370 North Terrace, Adelaide, SA

    Join Elise Stephenson in conversation with Alice Gorman (aka Dr Space Junk) at the Australian Space Discovery Centre for the launch of Space XX: Gender, Power and the New Space...