Steger relocated to Melbourne, Australia, in 1987, where he worked as a journalist for The Herald before moving to The Sunday Age in 1990.[2] He became literary editor of both The Age and The Sunday Age in 2000, as part of which he contributes a weekly column to the "Spectrum" section of The Age each Saturday, summarising the latest news from both the local and international literary communities.
In 2006, Steger joined Marieke Hardy and Jennifer Byrne as one of the three regular panellists on the First Tuesday Book Club, a television book review program broadcast by the ABC. Because the series allows for discussion of classic books as well as more recent releases, Steger has seized the opportunity to express his love of literature from a personal, even sentimental perspective, that the focus by The Age on contemporary literature does not generally allow. For example, when he was asked to select a novel for the group to discuss, he chose Alain-Fournier's classic Le Grand Meaulnes, not because of its literary merit or contemporary relevance, but because it is one of the books that has been most influential on his development as a person.[3]
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^ABC TV Online. About Us: Jason Steger. First Tuesday Book Club. 2006.
jason, steger, born, 1956, british, born, australian, journalist, working, both, print, film, media, currently, literary, editor, melbourne, broadsheet, three, regular, commentators, book, club, contents, life, england, life, australia, references, external, l. Jason Steger born 1956 is a British born Australian journalist working in both print and film media He is currently the literary editor of the Melbourne broadsheet The Age He was one of three regular commentators on ABC TV s The Book Club Contents 1 Life in England 2 Life in Australia 3 References 4 External linksLife in England editSteger was born in Wimbledon London England in 1956 He attended the University of Kent where he earned a Bachelor of Arts with Honours before beginning his career as a journalist on London s Financial Times in 1980 1 Life in Australia editSteger relocated to Melbourne Australia in 1987 where he worked as a journalist for The Herald before moving to The Sunday Age in 1990 2 He became literary editor of both The Age and The Sunday Age in 2000 as part of which he contributes a weekly column to the Spectrum section of The Age each Saturday summarising the latest news from both the local and international literary communities In 2006 Steger joined Marieke Hardy and Jennifer Byrne as one of the three regular panellists on the First Tuesday Book Club a television book review program broadcast by the ABC Because the series allows for discussion of classic books as well as more recent releases Steger has seized the opportunity to express his love of literature from a personal even sentimental perspective that the focus by The Age on contemporary literature does not generally allow For example when he was asked to select a novel for the group to discuss he chose Alain Fournier s classic Le Grand Meaulnes not because of its literary merit or contemporary relevance but because it is one of the books that has been most influential on his development as a person 3 References edit ABC TV Online About Us Jason Steger First Tuesday Book Club 2006 Ibid About Us Jason Steger 2006 Steger Jason First Tuesday Book Club 3 July 2007 click transcript tab for Steger s comments External links editLiterary news and reviews at The Age online Staff profile at The Age online Staff profile at the First Tuesday Book Club website First Tuesday Book Club video archive collecting a number of video clips from past episodes featuring Jason Steger as a commentator Jason Steger interviews Christopher Koch two time Miles Franklin Award winning author Review of Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince by Jason Steger nbsp This Australian journalist biography article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Jason Steger amp oldid 1064706601, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
