Multi-award winning novelist Kate Forsyth has written work spanning from the smallest of tales to the biggest of epic sagas. But her latest works have centred on fairy-tales, the women who write them and the women who live them. Earlier this month, AWM intern TJ Wilkshire spoke with Kate about writing, retreats, and Rapunzel. I … Continue reading »
TAKING FIVE WITH ISLAND MAGAZINE
Island is one of Australia’s premier literary magazines. Founded in 1979 in Hobart, over the past 37 years Island has featured a mix of fiction, poetry and articles from multiple Australian luminaries. AWM recently spoke to Vern Field, Managing Editor of Island Magazine, about poetry, publishing, and being a print-only magazine in the modern publishing industry. Visit Island‘s website to … Continue reading »
TAKING FIVE WITH FIONA MCFARLANE
Fiona McFarlane, author of The Night Guest and The High Places, spoke to AWM this month. She has previously completed a PhD on nostalgia in American fiction at Cambridge University and spent three years at writing residencies in the US. Fiona also studied for a Masters of Fine Arts in Fiction at the Michener Center … Continue reading »
Taking Five with Nick Earls
Our AWM intern takes five with Brisbane author Nick Earls to talk about newfangled gadgets, waxing, bleaching, and of course his new book Analogue Men. Analogue Men is Nick Earls’ nineteenth book, following novels and short fiction for adults and teenagers and the Word Hunters series for children. Five of his books have been adapted … Continue reading »