Paul Ewen is a New Zealander. His writing has appeared in the British Council's New Writing anthology, Dazed & Confused, Tank magazine, Landfall and in The Times Higher Education Supplement. He is the author of the novels Francis Plug: How To Be A Public Author and Francis Plug: Writer in Residence.
'I too was drinking, having helped myself to a bottle of white from the complimentary drinks table. I’d placed this bottle on the Current Affairs shelving to the right of my seat.'