Boy-like wonder — Trent Dalton sees the humanity where there's none

Best-selling author and journalist Trent Dalton appreciates things most people wouldn’t give a second glance. 

Growing up, Trent had no choice but to see the best in people, because if there wasn’t some light in those he loved, the world would be too dark a place to bear. 

When he sat down to transform that story into his best-selling debut novel Boy Swallows Universe, little did he know his experience would be adapted for the stage and then for Netflix. 

But it was the unexpected death of a treasured friend who left him an old typewriter that sparked his next book. And the stories he tapped out would also ultimately save his marriage. 

Hear how the road to Trent’s success is paved with hard work, looking hard for beauty in the mundane as he taps out love stories on his typewriter with a tonne of enthusiasm.   

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