Ever had an idea for a story that became a highly prized novel that became a highly acclaimed movie with an A-list star? Think it never happens? Well, it does …
BE FONZIE: an interview with Sean M Whelan
Poet, performer and DJ, hardly covers it when introducing Sean M Whelan. He is convener of the famous Melbourne open-mic night, Babble, and co-inventor and curator of the popular …
OUTSIDE THE LINES: an interview with John Clanchy
If you haven’t heard of John Clanchy then Verity La is going to fix that. Clanchy was born in Melbourne in 1943, but has lived in Canberra, working as a …
ENRICHMENT AND ABSORPTION: an interview with Ryan O’Neill
LES ZIGOMANIS Tell me about your collection. RYAN O’NEILL The Weight of a Human Heart is a collection of stories set in different parts of the world and told in …
BREAKING THE STASIS: an interview with Jessica Au
The bright, youthful voices of Jessica Au’s characters flew across the pages in Cargo, (a novel released by Picador in August last year) and Jessica herself is a breath of …
THE REACH AND THE ENGAGEMENT: an interview with Rob Spillman
EMILY KIDDELL I heard a rumour that the good people of Tin House might be keen to visit Australia with a version of the increasingly popular Tin House Summer Writers …
FROM DEEPEST DEATH TO FULLEST LIFE: an interview with Patrick West
LAURIE STEED You are noted as saying it’s essential a short story ‘spend time in the foreign territories of the writer before it is midwifed onto the page’. How would …
UNEXPECTED GIFTS: an interview with Irma Gold
The last time Verity La chatted to Irma Gold, in July this year, her collection Two Steps Forward was almost but not quite published. Back then, she said, ‘Writing is …
ALL THINGS FRESH AND DIFFERENT: an interview with Rebecca Starford
WILL HEYWARD Félix Fénéon, a gifted turn-of-the-century French publisher (of both Joyce and Proust), in response to an invitation to publish his own writing, once said: I aspire only to …
JUMPING THROUGH AND MANAGING THE TANGLE: an interview with Writing Australia’s Mary Delahunty
The unstoppable Mary Delahunty has been many things. She’s been an award-winning journalist on the ABC’s Four Corners and 7.30 Report programs, as well as on commercial networks. From 1999 …