"Every reader of The Mushroom Tapes will open the book knowing that Erin Patterson was found guilty in July of murdering three people her in-laws, Gail and Don Patterson, and Gail's sister Heather Wilkinson and of the attempted murder of Heather's husband, Ian Wilkinson. They will also know she was sentenced to life in prison with a non-parole period of 33 years, and is now appealing against her conviction."
"A week after the guilty verdict was handed down, Text Publishing announced that the trio would collaborate on a book: The Mushroom Tapes. I approached this book with a fair dose of scepticism. Two major books on the trial have already been published, with more to come. Didn't the bereft families deserve some peace? And why the rush? Did this book really need to be written in time for the Christmas sales period?"
Erin Patterson was found guilty in July of murdering her in-laws, Gail and Don Patterson, and Gail’s sister Heather Wilkinson, and of attempting to murder Heather’s husband, Ian Wilkinson. She was sentenced to life with a non-parole period of 33 years and is appealing. The trial attracted intense public attention, including sightings of Helen Garner, Chloe Hooper and Sarah Krasnostein in Morwell’s public seats. Text Publishing announced a collaboration called The Mushroom Tapes, conceived as a podcast and drawn from transcripts of conversations recorded while travelling between Morwell and Melbourne. The collaborators rarely stayed long in Morwell. The project raised ethical concerns about timing, commercial motives and respect for bereaved families and grew from a mixture of compulsion and resistance.
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