Mark Dapin

Mark Dapin was born in Britain and migrated to Australia in 1989.

Dapin was the founding chief sub-editor of the Australian Financial Review Magazine in 1995.{{Cite book|title=Sex & Money|url=https://archive.org/details/sexmoneyhowilive00dapi|url-access=limited|last=Dapin|first=Mark|publisher=Allen & Unwin|year=2004|isbn=9781741143201|location=Crows Nest NSW|pages=[https://archive.org/details/sexmoneyhowilive00dapi/page/n92 89]}} From 1998 to 2002, he was editor and then editor-in-chief of Ralph magazine. He has written for a variety of publications including The Sydney Morning Herald, The Guardian, The Times, Penthouse and Good Weekend. He has a Bachelor of Social Science degree and a Masters in Journalism from UTS and has taught journalism courses at the University of Sydney and Macleay College.

In 2008, Dapin was thrown out of celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay’s home when he was only minutes into a profile interview for Good Weekend magazine. The incident – and subsequent attempts by Ramsay’s publicists to control the story – formed the basis of Dapin’s feature ‘Nightmare on Ramsay Street’{{Cite journal|last=Dapin|first=Mark|date=31 May 2008|title=Nightmare on Ramsay Street|journal=Good Weekend|pages=27–32}} and a later essay for the literary magazine Meanjin.{{Cite journal|last=Mark|first=Dapin|date=Winter 2009|title=Good to See You: Let Me See You Out|journal=Meanjin|volume=68|pages=78–90}} Dapin’s work on Ramsay was examined in two essays in The Profiling Handbook:{{Cite book|title=The Profiling Handbook|last1=Joseph|first1=Sue|last2=Keeble|first2=Richard Lance|publisher=Abramis|year=2015|isbn=9781845496579|location=US}} "What's the Point of a Profile? The Curious Cases of Mark Dapin on Gordon Ramsay and Jack Marx on Russell Crowe" by Fiona Giles, and "Double Vision: Profile of a Profile" by Gillian Rennie. Rennie, a lecturer at Rhodes University, South Africa, uses Dapin’s thoughts on the Ramsay interview as a prism for her own reflections on her famous profile of Epainette Mbeki. Giles, a professor at Sydney University, examines Dapin's work alongside that of his contemporary, Jack Marx. She writes: "both journalists are well-known, mid-career writers bringing a gonzo, rock 'n' roll sensibility to their work. Well-versed in the post-New Journalism style, they include themselves in their stories, and are entertainingly provocative. They enjoy a high status in Australia as award-winning writers, are known to court controversy, and have been sacked from Australia’s second largest print empire, Fairfax Media – occasions which attracted media coverage. They are both authors of book-length literary journalism in addition to feature-length profiles, and are admired for being independent thinkers with a quick wit."

Dapin’s departure in 2012 from Fairfax Media (to which he subsequently returned as a contributor) and the loss of his Good Weekend column, were reported extensively in the Australian press.[http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/media/daupin-dumping-protested/news-story/d01508106dda5f8d1668655eab47c23d][http://www.heraldsun.com.au/blogs/andrew-bolt/mark-says-goodbye-to-ben/news-story/254aa0a863f7512549d213b1be4fe892] In recent years, he has become more prominent as a novelist and historian. In July 2014 he was commissioned by the Centenary of Anzac Jewish Program to write a military history book Jewish Anzacs, published by the Sydney Jewish Museum.{{Cite news|url=https://www.jewishnews.net.au/dapin-signs-on-for-jewish-military-history-book/36159|title=Dapin signs on for Jewish military history book - The Australian Jewish News|date=2014-07-14|work=The Australian Jewish News|access-date=2017-07-27|language=en-US}} In July 2017 he was named as one of the screenwriters on the second season of TV show Wolf Creek{{Cite news|url=http://tvtonight.com.au/2017/07/cameras-roll-on-more-wolf-creek.html|title=Cameras roll on more Wolf Creek|date=2017-07-03|work=TV Tonight|access-date=2017-07-04|language=en-AU}} – he is credited on two episodes of the show.{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4460878/fullcredits?ref_=tt_cl_sm#cast|title=Wolf Creek (TV Series 2016– ) Full Cast & Crew|website=IMDB}}

In 2019, he presented [https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/myths-of-war/ Myths of War] on ABC radio.

• The Sydney Morning Herald - "Mark Dapin, author of R&R, finds children and fiction are all that matters" by Susan Chenery{{Cite news|url=http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/books/mark-dapin-author-of-rr-finds-children-and-fiction-are-all-that-matters-20150826-gj8hwx.html|title=Mark Dapin, author of R&R, finds children and fiction are all that matters|last=Chenery|first=Susan|date=2015-09-12|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|access-date=2017-05-24|language=en-US}}

• 2010, Ned Kelly Awards, best first fiction, winner, King of the Cross{{Cite news|url=http://www.austcrimewriters.com/ned-kelly-award-winners/16|title=Ned Kelly Award Winners|work=Australian Crime Writers Association|access-date=2017-05-24}}
• 2012, Miles Franklin Award, longlist, Spirit House{{Cite web|url=https://www.perpetual.com.au/MilesFranklin/Award-and-Recipients|title=Miles Franklin Literary Award & Recipients|website=Perpetual}}
• 2012, Age Book of the Year, shortlist, Spirit House{{cite news|title=Words of Great Worth|url=http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/books/words-of-great-worth-20120803-23kfe.html|accessdate=24 May 2017|newspaper=smh.com.au|date=4 August 2012}}
• 2014, Royal Society of Literature’s Ondaatje Prize, shortlist, Spirit House
• 2015, 'The Nib': CAL Waverley Library Award for Literature — Alex Buzo Shortlist Prize, winner, The Nashos' War
• 2015, 'The Nib': CAL Waverley Library Award for Literature — People's Choice Award, winner, The Nashos' War
• 2016, New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards — Douglas Stewart Prize for Non-fiction, shortlist, The Nashos' War
• 2016, Ned Kelly Awards, best crime novel, shortlist, R&R{{Cite web|url=http://www.austcrimewriters.com/2016-submissions/shortlist|title=2016 Shortlist|website=Australian Crime Writers Association|access-date=24 May 2017}}
• 2017, Mark and Evette Moran Nib Literary Award Military History Prize 2017, shortlisted, Jewish Anzacs{{Cite news|url=https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/newslocal/wentworth-courier/shortlists-announced-for-this-years-mark-and-evette-moran-nib-literary-award-and-the-military-history-prize/news-story/714619df566fea2bb8124b46e3f82bdc|title=Shortlists announced for this year's Mark and Evette Moran Nib Literary Award and the Military History Prize|work=The Daily Telegraph}}
• 2019, Nib Military History Prize, finalist, Australia's Vietnam

• Sex & Money: How I lived, breathed, read, wrote, loved, hated, dreamed and drank men's magazines (2004) {{ISBN|978-1-7411-4320-1}}
• Fridge Magnets are Bastards (2007) {{ISBN|978-0-7322-8521-0}}
• Strange Country (2008) {{ISBN|978-1-4050-3872-0}}
• King of the Cross (2009) {{ISBN|978-1-4050-3962-8}}
• Spirit House (2011) {{ISBN|978-1-4050-4018-1}}
• The Penguin Book of Australian War Writing (2011) {{ISBN|978-0-6700-7552-2}}
• From the Trenches: The best ANZAC writing of World War One (2013) {{ISBN|978-0-6700-7781-6}}
• The Nashos' War: Australia's national servicemen and Vietnam (2014) {{ISBN|978-0-6700-7705-2}}
• R&R (2015) {{ISBN|978-0-6700-7820-2}}
• Jewish Anzacs: Jews in the Australian Military (2017) {{ISBN|978-1-7422-3535-6}}
• Australia's Vietnam: Myth vs History (2019) {{ISBN|978-1-7422-3636-0}}
• Public Enemies (2020) Allen and Unwin {{ISBN|9781760295356}}
• Carnage: A succulent Chinese meal, Mr Rent-a-Kill and the Australian Manson murders (2023) Scribner {{ISBN|9781761108099}}

• {{cite journal |author=Dapin, Mark |date=1993 |title=My Grandmother's House |journal=Meanjin |volume=52 |issue=3 |pages=465–476 |url= }}
• {{cite journal |author=Dapin, Mark |date=1997 |title=Queer |journal=Enter...: HQ/Flamingo Short Story Collection |pages=95–106 |url= }}
• {{cite journal |author=Dapin, Mark |date=2008 |title=The Face of 1970 |journal=Meanjin |volume=67 |issue=3 |pages=140–145 |url= }}
• {{cite journal |author=Dapin, Mark |date=2010 |title=Visitors' Day |journal=The Best Australian Stories 2011 |pages=148–155 |url= }}
• Dapin, Mark (2018/19). "In the Court of the Lion King". Sydney Noir. {{ISBN|978-1-6177-5581-1 |978-1-9255-8943-6}}

• {{cite journal |author=Dapin, Mark |date=2008 |title=The Last Jews in Harehills |journal=Meanjin |volume=67 |issue=2 |pages=46–89 |url= }}
• Dapin, Mark (2012). "Confessions of a Columnist". Meanjin. 68 (1).{{Cite journal|last=Dapin|first=Mark|date=2012|title=Confessions of a Columnist|url=https://meanjin.com.au/memoir/confessions-of-a-columnist/|journal=Meanjin|volume=68}}

• {{cite journal |author=Dapin, Mark |date=1998 |title=From Russia with Gloves |journal=The Best Australian Sports Writing & Photography |pages=37–44 |url= }}
• {{cite journal |author=Dapin, Mark |date=2006 |title=1999 Betrayed (1999) |journal=Best Foot Forward: 30 Years of Australian Travel Writing |pages=187–192 |url= }}
• {{cite journal |author=Dapin, Mark |date=2008 |title=Adventures in LA-Land |journal=The Best Australian Humorous Writing |pages=69–80 |url= }}
• {{cite journal |author=Dapin, Mark |date=2009 |title=Good to see you. Let me see you out. |journal=Meanjin |volume=68 |issue=2 |pages=79–90 |url= }}
• {{cite journal |author=Dapin, Mark |date=2010 |title=Ten Myths of Australian Crime |journal=The Best Australian Essays 2010 |pages=43–54 |url= }}
• {{cite journal |author=Dapin, Mark |date=2012 |title=Travelling as a Journalist |department=Small World: Postcards and Intelligence from Everywhere |journal=Griffith Review |volume=37 |issue=Spring |pages=93–105 |url= }}{{Cite news|url=https://griffithreview.com/articles/travelling-as-a-journalist/|title=Travelling as a journalist - Griffith Review|work=Griffith Review|access-date=2017-05-24|language=en-US}}
• {{cite journal |author=Dapin, Mark |date=2014 |title=Try getting out more |department=Backburn |journal=Australian Author |volume=46 |issue=1 |pages=18–19 |url= }}
• {{cite journal |author=Dapin, Mark |date=2017 |title='We too were Anzacs': Were Vietnam Veterans ever truly excluded from the Anzac tradition? |journal=The Honest History Book |pages=77–91 |url= }}

• [https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/mark-dapin/3162422 ABC profile]

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