Wordstruck - Do you write to be read?

What makes you write? Do you write to be read? I was watching an interview with Australian author Markus Zusak (The Book Thief) who said that even if he knew his next novel would never be read, he’d still write it.

That’s pretty honourable, I reckon.

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When I started writing Last Seen in Lhasa, I didn’t know it would be a book. It was a labour of love. Last weekend I was fortunate enough to attend the Dalai Lama’s teachings in Sydney. Outside the main auditorium were dozens of Tibet-related st...