“I am Irrelevant”: John Kinsella on Old Growth
“I strongly believe that in destroying the ‘ancient’, we not only irreparably damage the health of the planet, but we destroy the essence of who we are as humans.”JOHN KINSELLA is […]
Tag Archives: australian fiction
Top Review: Goodwood by Holly Throsby
Holly Throsby has released four critically acclaimed albums and was part of the indie rock trio Seeker Lover Keeper. Her debut novel, Goodwood, is out today – read on for our […]
Top review: Dragonfly Song by Wendy Orr
Canadian-born Australian writer Wendy Orr is the author of Nim’s Island, which was adapted into a movie in 2008 that stared Jodie Foster and Gerard Butler. Dragonfly Song is reviewed in our October issue […]
Texts, Sexts, and Regrets: Q&A with YA Author Kate McCaffrey
KATE MCCAFFREY, who grew up in Perth’s northern suburbs, has taught English to kids who hated reading. This experience prompted her to write books that those kids would want […]
Top Review: ‘Man in the Corner’ by Nathan Besser
Nathan Besser’s Man in the Corner was released officially yesterday, yet it’s already set to be scripted into a major film by Australian acting duo Rebecca Rigg and Simon Baker (best known for The […]
Golden Hope: An interview with Johanna Nicholls
Set in the gold-fields and back roads of recently federated Australia, Golden Hope follows equestrienne Clytie Hart as she travels with the roving Wildebrand Circus. Historical author Johanna Nicholls – who worked […]
Fire in the Water: An interview with Sarah Drummond on ‘The Sound’
The Sound, the second book from novelist SARAH DRUMMOND, is set around Western Australia’s King George Sound. Based on a true story, the novel tells of Wiremu Heke, a Maori […]
What’s life like for a fox? Emma Geen on ‘The Many Selves of Katherine North’
Nineteen-year-old Kit works for Shen Corporation as a phenomenaut – a person who projects their consciousness into the bodies of animals bred for research purposes. This is the strange and […]
A Crime Novel with no Murder Scene: A Q&A with Anna Westbrook
Feminist, prize-winning poet, director of the Red Rattler theatre in Marrickville and now début novelist Anna Westbrook tells us about the shifting social sands of Sydney’s most eccentric suburb in […]
Q&A with Georgia Blain, author of Between a Wolf and a Dog
GEORGIA BLAIN is a novelist and journalist who lives in Sydney. Her first novel, Closed for Winter, was adapted into movie in 2009. We asked her a few questions about […]
