Christopher Pearson (journalist)
Christopher Pearson (28 August 1951 – 7 June 2013) was an Australian journalist and conservative commentator who wrote for national broadsheet The Australian and who for many years before had edited a monthly cultural magazine, The Adelaide Review.
Biography
Born in Sydney on 28 August 1951, Pearson spent most of his life in Adelaide. He received a Bachelor of Arts with Honours (third-class) from Flinders University as well as a Graduate Diploma in Education from the University of Adelaide.[1] The topic of his honours thesis was Australian author Patrick White.
He had left-wing leanings as a student, before becoming an admirer of the
As proprietor of the Adelaide Review, he bought the name of the Wakefield Press from the South Australian government and operated the company from 1986 to 1988.[1][3]
Pearson wrote occasional articles for a wide range of newspapers, including
He was a member of the Council of the
Pearson died in Adelaide on 7 June 2013.[2] Tony Abbott was a pall-bearer at his burial.
Works
While Pearson left a large footprint with regard to the publishing of other authors via Wakefield Press, he himself published no monographs. His most significant work is an essay, "The ambiguous business of coming out" (1996), which was published in Peter Coleman's collection called Double Take.[2]
In a September 2009 piece in The Australian, Pearson wrote about how he reconciled his
A selection of Pearson's writings, edited by Nick Cater and Helen Baxendale, was published in 2014 under the title A Better Class of Sunset, with introductions by Abbott and Jack Snelling,[8] both of whom had previously written or spoken admiringly of his work.[6]
References
- ^ a b "Wakefield Press". AustLit. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
- ^ a b c d e Henderson, Gerard (11 June 2013). "Conservative convert loved debate". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 13 February 2021.
- ^ Marsh, Walter (April 2019). "Turning the page" (470). Adelaide Review: 10.
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(help) - ^ a b "Respected journalist Christopher Pearson dies in Adelaide". The Australian. 9 June 2013. Retrieved 10 June 2013.
- ^ Council members Archived 13 August 2016 at the Wayback Machine, National Museum of Australia Annual Report 2005-06.
- ^ a b "A gift for friendship". The Spectator UK. 15 June 2013.
- ^ "No regrets about act of faith despite church's woeful state". The Australian. 5 September 2009.
- ISBN 9781925138207.)
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Further reading
- Richardson, Tom (27 October 2017). "The last will and testament of Christopher Pearson". InDaily. About his friendships with Tony Abbott, Jack Snellingand others, and how he changed his will.