Scrublands author Chris Hammer talks about journalism, fiction and his new book The Valley ahead of WA visit

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Scrublands author Chris Hammer talks about journalism, fiction and his new book The Valley ahead of WA visit

When Chris Hammer found himself, pen in hand to fill in an entry card at an airport in 2018, he faced a dilemma.

Under “occupation” he would always write journalist, after a storied career spanning more than three decades as a correspondent for outlets including SBS Dateline, The Age and The Bulletin. But he had lost his job in a wave of redundancies the year before, so that was no longer strictly accurate.



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