What Trent Dalton and Julia Baird can teach us about paying attention — at a time when it really matters

Novelist Trent Dalton was one of those kids. Regarding the world For author and broadcaster Julia Baird, paying attention began as something like a resolution. It's by paying attention "that we accept the possibility that we can emerge from pain" and live with a settled purpose. Find out more about RN's Big Weekend of Books Photo shows Big Weekend of Books ABC Radio National is devoting an entire weekend to a celebration of books, readers and writing, featuring fresh conversations with Hilary Mantel, Kevin Kwan, Elizabeth Gilbert, Brit Bennett, Bruce Pascoe, Julia Baird, Trent Dalton and more. She will host a conversation with Julia Baird and Trent Dalton at 10:00am on Saturday, June 20, for RN's Big Weekend of Books, followed by a live Q&A with Julia Baird on the RN Facebook page.