A selection of interviews with writers.
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Josephine Rowe
Josephine Rowe is a Melbourne-based writer with whom I caught up in March at a cafe in Seddon. Her poetry, fiction and non-fiction have been published widely in Australia, and a little in the United States. Recent writing appears in Meanjin, Best Australian Poems,...
Laura Kroetsch
John talks to Laura Kroetsch, Director of Adelaide’s forthcoming Writers’ Week on Januray 14th 2013. Laura Kroetsch, a native New Yorker, is an advocate for writers and an active member of the literary community and in her second year as Director of Adelaide Writers’...
Candice Bruce
On September 11th I spoke to Candice Bruce whose first novel ‘The Longing’ has just been released by Random House.Candice has been an art historian, writer and curator for many years. She has worked as a curator at the National Gallery of Australia, Australian...
Patrick Gale
August 31st I met up with UK writer Patrick Gale at the Melbourne Writers Festival after his session discussing his latest novel ‘A Perfectly Good Man’ (his 14th!). Despite the enthusiasm of crowds of schoolchildren visiting the Ian Potter gallery at Federation Square...
Tony Birch
August 24th I met up with Tony Birch at the Melbourne Writers Festival. Tony Birch’s major publications include the novel ‘Blood’ (2011 – shortlisted for the Miles Franklin Award 2012), and short stories ‘Father’s Day’ (2009) and ‘Shadowboxing’ (2006). I spoke to him...
Ryan Oneill
August 3rd 2012: My interview with Ryan O’Neill who was born in Glasgow in 1975. He lived in Africa, Europe and Asia before settling in Newcastle. His collection of short stories ‘The Weight of A Human Heart’ has just been published by BlackInc.
Richard Ford
July 16th 2012. I talk to Pulitzer Prize winning writer Richard Ford about his most recent novel Canada during his visit to Australia. His best-known works are the novel The Sportswriter and its sequels, Independence Day and The Lay of the Land.
Romy Ash
Romy Ash is a Melbourne based writer. Her first novel ‘Floundering’ was shortlisted for the 2011 The Australian/Vogel Literary Award and was recently published by Text Publishing. Romy Ash has written for The Griffith Review, The Big Issue and frankie magazine. She...
Miguel Syjuco
John talks to Filipino-born writer Miguel Syjuco, winner of the 2010 Man Asia Award at 2012 Adelaide Writers’ Week. Miguel Syjuco’s novel ‘Ilustrado’ opens with Crispin Salvador, lion of Philippine letters, dead in the Hudson River. This is an ambitious and daring...
Ron Rash
John talks to award-winning writer Ron Rash at 2012 Adelaide Writers’ Week. Ron Rash is the author of three prize-winning novels: One Foot in Eden, Saints at the River, and The World Made Straight; three collections of poems; and two collections of stories. A...
Megan Abbott
John talks to Megan Abbott, New York crime writer at 2012 Adelaide Writers’ Week. Megan Abbott has taught literature, writing, and film at New York University and the State University of New York at Oswego. She received her Ph.D. in English and American literature...
Michael Duffy
February 28th 2012, John talks to Michael Duffy about his recent true crime novel ‘Call Me Cruel’. Michael Duffy is a journalist and novelist and has written two crime novels, The Tower and The Simple Death, part of an ongoing series about detective Nicholas Troy of...
