John Thompson
John Thompson completed his PhD at the ANU in 2004 with a study of the distinguished Australian historian Geoffrey Serle. He was Curator of Manuscripts in the State Library of Victoria and worked in various positions in the National Library of Australia including Director and Australian Collections. He has written and compiled a number of books, among them the National Library’s Faces of Mandurama and The Oxford Book of Australian Letters (co-edited with Brenda Niall). He has contributed a number of review essays to Meanjin and is a frequent reviewer for Australian Book Review and Art Monthly.
