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Launch of Mervyn Bishop\u2019s biography Yesterday, Thursday 26th March, at Douglas Stewart Fine Books (Armadale, Melbourne) I had the honour of launching the delux edition of Mervyn Bishop\u2019s biography by Tim Dobbyn.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wp_typography_post_enhancements_disabled":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,536,4,3,2],"tags":[586,587,585,22],"class_list":["post-2171","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-essays","category-melbourne","category-photographers","category-photography","category-visual-arts","tag-douglas-stewart-fine-books","tag-ginninderra-press","tag-mervyn-bishop","tag-photography"],"yoast_head":"\n
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