ALEC PATRIC Writers like James Frey have caused controversy by selling fiction as non-fiction. He lost agents and publishers — and millions had to be spent repairing reputations. David Sedaris …
TRACKING THE STRAY DOG: an interview with David Francis
ALEC PATRIC Dislocation and transition are major themes of your work, which is entirely understandable if we look at your life. Your bio describes a man from rural Australia going …
THE ART OF RUPTURE: an interview with Emmett Stinson
ALEC PATRIC An American living in Australia (for me at least) always provokes the question, why? If I wonder at this question, perhaps it’s because the United States of America …
The Haze and Hard Burn of Nathan Curnow
Alec Patric: Everyone knows Nathan Curnow, nationally acclaimed poet. Tell me about Nathan Curnow, the playwright. Nathan Curnow: I’ve been writing plays for as long as I’ve been writing poetry, …
THE DEEPEST ENCHANTMENT: an interview with Alan Gould
Alan Gould is one of those rare – and utterly intriguing – literary beasts: an accomplished poet and an accomplished novelist. His latest novel, The Lakewoman, was short-listed for …
MUSIC FOR ICARUS: an interview with Jolie Holland
ALEC PATRIC What is it about a great song? I’ll read a story I love once, twice, if I really fall head over heels for it. Two or three times …
DRAWING BREATH: an interview with Lily Mae Martin
ALEC PATRIC The life of an artist is turbulent. When we’re children we look at those that get paid to sing, who can paint and draw for their whole …
FINDING STORIES: an interview with Toni Jordan
ALEC PATRIC The road ahead is harder and longer than any of us can know. That’s what they say on the first day of a creative writing course, and …
DEATH HAG: an interview with Kathy Charles
ALEC PATRIC I was walking through a provincial French town to see a famous cathedral. Within the glass pastry cabinets were dazed bees, flitting around from one cake to another, …
THE WELL-EXERCISED IMAGINATION: an interview with Andrea Goldsmith
The official blurb says this: ‘Andrea Goldsmith originally trained as a speech pathologist and was a pioneer in the development of communication aids for people unable to speak. Her first …