If there’s ever a part of human endeavour where people work extremely hard, achieve an extraordinary amount, but, in the main, unless there’s a miracle (and we all know they’re …
PROVOKING UNEASE: an interview with Omar Musa
Omar Musa is one of those rare writers who, by hook or by crook, manages to carve a path as a poet and performer and rely on little else. Verity …
BEHIND THE FESTIVAL LINES: an interview with Michaela Bolzan, founder and director of the Southern Highland Writers’ Festival
As a new feature of Verity La we’ll be going behind the scenes and interviewing the lesser-known, unheralded movers and shakers in Australia’s literary world. The first cab off the …
LIFE’S BLOOD: an interview with Marcella Polain
Marcella Polain was born in Singapore and immigrated to Perth when she was two years old, with her Armenian mother and Irish father. She has a background in theatre and …
THE SENTENCE MAKER: an interview with Andrew Croome
Whether in person or over the wonderful, magical internet thingy, Andrew Croome is fantastic company – smart, thoughtful, and disarmingly friendly. His most recent novel is Midnight Empire (Allen & …
SOMEWHERE BETWEEN NOSTALGIA AND SADNESS: an interview with Phil RetroSpector
In The Art of the Novel (1986) Milan Kundera said, ‘To compose a novel is to set different emotional spaces side by side – and that, to me, is the …
A FULFILLING BURDEN: an interview with Craig Cormick
Ever met someone who’s had over 100 short stories published? No, Verity La hadn’t either – until we met Craig Cormick. Not only has Cormick been prolific with the short …
ALWAYS KNOWING WHEN TO TURN THE PAGE: an interview with Nathan Curnow and Kevin Brophy
More and more it’s being reported that poetry is experiencing a resurgence, primarily due to the form finding a home – or endless homes – on the internet. Poetry seems …
LOOKING UP ELEPHANTS' TESTICLES: an interview with P.S. Cottier
P.S. Cottier, also known as PS Cottier, also known as Penelope Cottier, is a poet and short story writer who lives in Canberra, the national capital of Australia. Her book …
WORKING AN INVISIBLE THREAD: an interview with Irma Gold
One of the great things about online journals is being able to keep in touch with the literary world’s movers and shakers, the people who work their arses off to …