K- I can’t even talk right now. It was So. Disturbing. I can’t even tell you how disturbing it was. I am so disturbed by how disturbing it was. S- …
WHISKEY POETRY: an interview with Tara Mokhtari
ALEC PATRIC When we write a poem we often feel elated. There’s a sense of accomplishment and validation but there’s also the corrosive; the acid in poetry, and when we …
BREAKING: an interview with Rjurik Davidson
Rjurik Davidson is set to release his first collection of stories, The Library of Forgotten Books. It’s been two years waiting on a publisher to release it, but then there’s …
ASSOCIATIONS: an interview with Jeremy Balius
“Jeremy Balius is the Black Rider. He lives in Western Australia with a wife and children. From there he produces The Diamond & The Thief, a revolutionary online literary journal. …
RAISING THE DEAD: an interview with Maxine Beneba Clarke
Alec Patric: Maxine Beneba Clarke is a name that in most Aussie minds of a literary bent, conjures the image of a Slam-Champ, kick-arse performance poet. But my first experience …
SOLUTIONS: an interview with Derek Motion
A few weeks ago Overland awarded the Judith Wright Poetry Prize for New and Emerging Poets to Derek Motion, for his poem ‘Forest Hill’. That’s somewhere near Wagga Wagga. …
War by Candlelight – Mark William Jackson
I seem to have already established a pattern with these interviews. A bit of a preamble and introduction, and then the interview. And so we should begin–> Mark William Jackson …
STEPPING OVER SEASONS: an interview with Ashley Capes
Some writers draw you into each story or poem, and in these instances it’s cinematic, even if it’s not a particularly good film. There’s this one experience, and this is …
AN ENDLESS WELLSPRING: an interview with Pierz Newton-John
Pierz Newton-John is a Melbourne-based fiction writer, currently focusing on short stories, but with a novel in the pipeline. Among other places, his work has appeared in the Sleepers Almanac, …
TEARING THROUGH THE ENVELOPE: an interview with Ryan O’Neill
Ryan O’Neill has won the Hal Porter and Roland Robinson awards and got third in the most recent Age Short Story Competition. His stories have appeared in Sleepers, Best Australian …