Category Archives: Interviews
Interviews
Colin Batrouney on Creative Writing for Beginners
Creative Writing for Beginners tracks eight weeks in the lives of two young flat mates Joel and Nomee. They each seek ambitious careers (in writing and acting respectively) and soon learn how their fates are determined. In addition to vivid descriptions, the novel pays a healthy respect … Read more
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Living and writing Asperger’s: An interview with Jo Case
Jo Case and I caught up last Friday at a Spring Street café in that lovely lull between lunch and dinner services to chat, a recording machine doing what it was asked to do for at least half of the time on the table between us. Our … Read more
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New nomads in Roebourne: the NEOMAD app
Sutu, aka Stuart Campbell, is an international-award winning illustrator, writer and interactive designer. He is passionate about technology, sci-fi, telling stories and creating immersive interactive experiences. He talked to Kill Your Darlings about his latest collaborative project, NEOMAD.
Interviews
Safety Not Guaranteed: an interview with Mark Duplass
Safety Not Guaranteed is a touching and funny movie about time travel, hope and the power of believing. Loosely based on a ‘90s classified ad seeking a companion for a time-travelling expedition, Safety Not Guaranteed charts the relationship between Kenneth (Mark Duplass) – a denim jacket clad … Read more
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‘That rare, shimmering story’: An interview with Chloe Hooper
. The Engagement is a tense character study of a man and a woman trapped by lies and deceit, but there is a strong third character in the story: Victoria’s Western District. How familiar are you with this landscape which you evoke so beautifully and so terrifyingly? … Read more
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‘The deep opening and the revelation of the human heart’: an interview with Diane Williams
A.S. Patric: Jonathan Franzen has described you as a hero of the avant-garde. How do you feel about a very popular writer who has had colossal mainstream success making this statement about you and your work? Diane Williams: I am honored to have such a stirring, elegant … Read more
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‘Some incredible story told’: an interview with Gillian Mears
In the preamble to Foal’s Bread, there’s an exhortation: ‘Man, woman, boy or girl, when you arrive at the jacaranda tree, take a lick of your horse’s salty neck.’ Is this something you did when riding a horse? What of your own experiences on a horse did … Read more
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Screening process: A drink with Angela Meyer
For many, Angela Meyer’s LiteraryMinded is the go-to blog when chasing up literary news, reviews and interviews. Having just celebrated her blog’s five-year anniversary, Angela can now boast the rather techno-savvy term ‘vlogger’ as part of her online credentials. We chat with Angela about her new video podcast, … Read more
Books, Interviews
History in the service of fiction: Anna Funder’s All That I Am
The first thing I did after finishing Anna Funder’s debut novel All That I Am was to order a copy of Ernst Toller’s autobiography I Was a German. Toller features as a ‘character’ in Funder’s much anticipated book. We meet him holed up in a New York … Read more
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I mourn the death of story: Andrew Nicoll on The Love and Death of Caterina
Andrew Nicoll, author of The Good Mayor, has just released his second novel, The Love and Death of Caterina. Despite being kidnapped by S.A. Jones at a writers’ festival a few years back, he agreed to talk to her about his new book. The love and death … Read more
