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  "id": 14648582,
  "title": "Audience members fell asleep six times on my last book tour. I still feel grateful to be an author",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/15/audience-members-fell-asleep-six-times-on-my-last-book-tour-i-still",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-15T08:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Age",
    "slug": "the-age",
    "url": "https://www.theage.com.au/national/audience-members-fell-asleep-six-times-on-my-last-book-tour-i-still-feel-grateful-to-be-an-author-20261015-p612u8.html?ref=rss"
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  "account": null,
  "summary": "Book launches, adoring readers, travel – the life of an author may sound fabulous, but often the truth is stranger than fiction.",
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        "outlet": "The Sydney Morning Herald",
        "title": "Audience members fell asleep six times on my last book tour. I still feel grateful to be an author",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/15/audience-members-fell-asleep-six-times-on-my-last-book-tour-i-still-14648622",
        "published": "2026-10-15T08:00:00.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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