Francesca Rendle-Short has been many things in her life: radio producer, editor, art gallery worker, and mother of two now-adult children. She has a Doctor of Creative Arts from the …
A REINTERPRETATION OF SELF: an interview with Les Zigomanis
BEL WOODS The day I met Les Zig he commented on my left-handedness. He then proceeded to list every left-handed person in the Professional Writing and Editing course we were …
DEFENDING KEY PRINCIPLES: an interview with Jeff Sparrow
ALEC PATRIC You’ve overseen a critical transition in what is arguably Australia’s most important literary journal—moving Overland from an exclusively ink & paper operation to a vigorous digital presence. You’ve …
THE DESTRUCTIVE APPEAL: an interview with Tim Richards
ALEC PATRIC You’ve got to wonder why anyone would want to be a Jazz musician in today’s music scene. If someone you loved, told you that’s what they wanted to …
THAT EXTRA KICK: an interview with Graham Nunn
ASHLEY CAPES Your newest collection Ocean Hearted includes a confident blend of haiku and verse. I’m interested in how you see haiku interacting with your verse poetry. GRAHAM NUNN I …
Revealing Brilliance: an interview with Jo Case
Alec Patric: If we love a film we want to know more about it. We stay for the credits if we’re struck by the way it was shot, the locations …
SOME OF THE THINGS THEY TEACH ME: an interview with Louise Swinn
BEL WOODS I have a fondness for the stories that sneak up on you long after you and the story have parted, that seize you when you least expect it. …
THE PAINFUL AND THE THREATENING: an interview with Maria Takolander
WILL HEYWARD I recently read your story A Roānkin Philosophy of Poetry (winner of the ABR Short Story Prize), which takes the form of a monologue. The story is ironic, …
TWO STEPS FORWARD: an interview with Irma Gold
The world of literature is filled with personalities. Yes, that’s an inane sentence, but let me explain. The world of literature – perhaps the arts in general – is jam-packed …
HOPE AND RISK: an interview with Omar Musa
Every city has a folk hero or two, and Omar Musa is one of the ACT’s folk heroes, although to be accurate he’s one of Queanbeyan’s folk heroes, and yes …