Jason Steger

Jason Steger is a British-born Australian journalist, working in both print and film media. He is currently the literary editor of the Melbourne broadsheet "The Age" and one of three regular commentators on ABC TV's "First Tuesday Book Club".

Life in England

Steger was born in Wimbledon, London, England, in 1956. He attended the University of Kent where he earned a Bachelor of Arts with Honours, before entering beginning his career as a journalist on London's "Financial Times" in 1980.ABC TV Online. [http://www.abc.net.au/tv/firsttuesday/about/jason_steger.htm About Us: Jason Steger] . "First Tuesday Book Club". 2006.

Life in Australia

Steger relocated to Melbourne, Australia, in 1987, where he worked as a journalist for the "Melbourne Herald" before moving to "The Sunday Age" in 1990."Ibid". [http://www.abc.net.au/tv/firsttuesday/about/jason_steger.htm About Us: Jason Steger] . 2006. He became literary editor of both "The Age" and "The Sunday Age" in 2000, as part of which he contributes a weekly column to the "A2" section of "The Age" each Saturday, summarising the latest news from both the local and international literary communities.

In 2006, Steger joined Marieke Hardy and Jennifer Byrne as one of the three original commentators on the "First Tuesday Book Club", a monthly television series broadcast on Australia's national network, the ABC. Because the series allows for discussion of classic books as well as more recent releases, Steger has seized the opportunity to express his love of literature with from a personal, even sentimental perspective that the "Age"'s focus on contemporary literature does not generally allow: for example, when he was asked to select a novel for the group to discuss, he chose Alain-Fournier's classic "Le Grand Meaulnes" — not because of its literary merit or contemporary relevance, but because it is one of the books that has been most influential on his development as a person.Steger, Jason. "First Tuesday Book Club". [http://www.abc.net.au/tv/firsttuesday/s1936095.htm 3 July 2007] : click "transcript" tab for Steger's comments.

References

External links

* [http://www.theage.com.au/entertainment/books/ Literary news and reviews] at "The Age" online.
* [http://about.theage.com.au/view_profile.asp?intid=773 Staff profile] at "The Age" online.
* [http://www.abc.net.au/tv/firsttuesday/about/jason_steger.htm Staff profile] at the "First Tuesday Book Club" website.
* [http://www.abc.net.au/tv/firsttuesday/video/ "First Tuesday Book Club" video archive] , collecting a number of video clips from past episodes featuring Jason Steger as a commentator.
* [http://media.theage.com.au/?rid=32348&sy=age&source=blogs.theage.com.au%2Fbookclub%2Farchives%2F2007%2F11%2Fbook_club_with.html Jason Steger interviews Christopher Koch] , two-time Miles Franklin Award-winning author.
* [http://www.theage.com.au/news/books/the-halfdead-reader/2005/07/18/1121538914376.html Review of "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince"] by Jason Steger.