Michael McGuire (author)

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Michael McGuire is an author and newspaper columnist for The Advertiser in South Australia. [1] [2] In 2016, he won the South Australian Media Award for "Best Coverage of Sport All Media". [3] His novel Never a true word is a political and legal thriller, and will be published by Wakefield Press in 2017. [4] [5]

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References

  1. "SA, stop seeking everyone's approval" . Retrieved 28 March 2017.
  2. McGuire, Michael (25 January 2017). "Michael McGuire: What we need is an expansion of freedom of speech, which is slowly slipping away from us". The Advertiser. Retrieved 29 March 2017.
  3. "South Australian Media Awards | Media Super". www.mediasuper.com.au. Retrieved 28 March 2017.
  4. "Never a True Word". www.abbeys.com.au. Retrieved 28 March 2017.
  5. "Never a true word / Michael McGuire. - Version details". Trove. Retrieved 28 March 2017.