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 KATHERINE HOWELL
Katherine Howell writes crime fiction of the police procedural variety with a paramedic twist. Her first novel, Frantic, won the 2008 Davitt Award for best adult crime novel. It is the first in a series of eight crime novels about Detective Ella Marconi. AWM recently spoke to Katherine about the series, the choice of protagonist, … Continue reading »