Gavin Larkin to be celebrated in Sydney event

Tim Burrowes

February 9, 2012 1:39

Gavin Larkin

A celebration of the life of Gavin Larkin will take place at The Standard in Sydney on March 23.

Larkin was a former boss of the Brand Shop and the co-founder of anti-suicide initiative R U OK? Day. Shortly before his death in September he featured in ABC1’s Australian Story.

He was posthumously honoured in the Australia Day Awards and also named GQ magazine’s man of inspiration.

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Tim Burrowes

Tim Burrowes is the publisher of Mumbrella and Unmade. He co-founded Mumbrella in 2008 and sister title Unmade in 2021. He's worked in the UK, Middle East, Asia & Australia and has specialised in writing about the communications world for the last 25 years. He wrote the book Media Unmade, published in 2021, and became the presenter of MediaLand on ABC Radio National in 2025.