Critic of the Month
Jane Sullivan is Critic of the Month
by Jane Sullivan •
When did you first write for ABR?
September 1991.
Which critics most impress you?
As a journalist, I have been constantly thrown in the deep end and expected to review everything from books to shows to films to restaurants. I still admire some classic figures I idolised when I was starting out in England and didn’t know much about anything: Kenneth Tynan on theatre; Pauline Kael on film; Clive James on television. More recently, James Wood on literature. And many Australians!
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