Writing his own story - David Owen Kelly's memoir takes an unexpected tone

By Zana Kobayashi
November 17 2019 - 1:00pm
ORIGINAL VOICE: "It's not what's happened to you that matters, it's what you do with it," David Owen Kelly says.
ORIGINAL VOICE: "It's not what's happened to you that matters, it's what you do with it," David Owen Kelly says.

David Owen Kelly began his writing career while living in a rundown caravan in the family yard. He'd returned home to Brisbane to care for his dying mother. He was 30 and thought his life was over.

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