“It’s nice to actually be out,” he says as we decide on our meals: he orders confit of duck and a beer, and it’s chicken schnitzel with Italian coleslaw and a white wine for me. He’s well-accustomed to the medium, having sometimes done three a day during lockdown, promoting other books he released in 2020, and attending online board meetings with his local Aboriginal community. Pascoe is in the big smoke to talk about his new book, Loving Country, A Guide To Sacred Australia, which he co-authored with artist and photographer Vicky Shukuroglou after lunch he’s off to Readings for a book launch – over Zoom. “Melbourne seems to be enjoying itself already.” “It’s a bit busier than Mallacoota,” Pascoe remarks. But even at 3pm, the City Wine Shop and the CBD are bustling, post-lockdown. When I meet Bruce Pascoe before Christmas for lunch, it’s a late one, as he’s flown in from Mallacoota, where he lives on his 65-hectare farm.
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