Interviews

On February 8th I was 'In Conversation ' with journalist and author Michael Burge under the auspices of GEELONG REGIONAL LIBRARY CORPORATION  to talk about his recently released novel Tank Water.This is a story that lifts the lid on the little-known reality of...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NjnuxDBK-QA&t=144s  

On September 24th I had the opportunity to be "in conversation" at Geelong library before a large crowd with  Favel Parrett, discussing her new novel - "There was Still Love." She is a warm and engaging author.

On September 4th I was "in conversation" with author Lucy Treloar, speaking about her much-anticipated novel 'Wolfe Island.'  We last spoke in 2017, discussing her highly successful novel 'Salt Creek.' I believe this is going to be a major book for 2019.

In 2012 I talked to Megan Abbott, American Edgar®-winning crime novelist and was happy to meet her again on August 27th at the Melbourne Writers Festival. We talked about her most recent exploration of teenage female psychology in her latest novel You Will Know Me and...

On August 8th I visited Torquay Books on the Surf Coast for ‘Love your Bookshop Day’ and had a ‘Conversation’ with author ELIZA HENRY JONES whose debut novel In the Quiet was published in 2015 and shortlisted for the Readings Prize for New Australian Fiction, the NSW...

On the opening day of the Festival a forum considered the future of multiculturalism in Victoria under the theme: ‘The Right to Belong’. Before the forum I caught up with two of its participants.   Abdi Aden  is a Somali refugee whose recent book ‘Shining: the...

Last week I had the opportunity to interview fiction writer, teacher and critic, Tegan Bennett Daylight on Geelong’s Community radio 94.7 The Pulse thanks to my good friend Bernard Ryan who runs the weekly books programme, The Blurb. Counter intuitively the interview...

This week I caught up with one of my favorite crime writers, Belfast- born Adrian McKinty, who has had runaway success with his four Sean Duffy crime thrillers, set in Belfast during the Troubles – the latest Gun Street Girl. His regular blog The Psychopathology of...

August 23rd 2013: I caught up with Ali Cobby Eckermann at the Melbourne Writers’ Festival and spoke to her after a panel of indigenous writers, including Tony Birch, discussed the state of indigenous writing and the newly inaugurated First Nations Australian Writers’...

uly 26th I caught up with Colin Batrouney,a Melbourne-based writer who has occasionally worked in professional theatre as both an actor and director. Affirm Press has just released his second novel ‘Creative Writing for Beginners.’ I had read his first novel ‘Omar and...

Jarad Henry is a Melbourne crime writer who has worked in the criminal justice system for the past 10 years. He has a degree in Criminology, is a proficient public speaker and is a regular presenter at many conferences. Last year his third book, ‘Pink Tide’, starring...