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• Melina Marchetta - Author Interview Series

  

  Melina Marchetta's first novel Looking For Alibrandi was published in 1992 and was released as a film in 2000 which she also wrote. Her novels have been... Read more

  Posted on 07 December 2011 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Toni Jordan - Author Interview Series

  

  What authors/books did you read as a child? When did you first discover your love of books? I've been reading for as long as I can remember. Read more

  Posted on 23 November 2011 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Karen Miller - Author Interview Series

  

  Karen Miller was born in Vancouver, Canada, and lives in Sydney, Australia. She has loved books her whole life, and always dreamed of becoming a writer. Read more

  Posted on 09 November 2011 BOOKS, CULTURE

• NaNoWriMo - Why I Won't Be Writing 50K Words This Month.

  I may need to bow out of NaNoWriMo.I thought I'd use the redrafting of my novel as part of my wordcount (only using the 'new' words) but I'm already noticing... Read more

  Posted on 02 November 2011 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Lisa Heidke - Author Interview Series

  

  Lisa Heidke writes contemporary women’s fiction. Her first book, Lucy Springer Gets Even (Allen Unwin, 2009), was quickly followed by What Kate Did Next... Read more

  Posted on 27 October 2011 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Fran Cusworth - Author Interview Series

  

  Fran Cusworth is an author and freelance journalist who has written for The Age, Herald Sun and The Australian. What authors/books did you read as a child?... Read more

  Posted on 14 October 2011 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Margo Lanagan - Author Interview Series

  

  Margo Lanagan is a four-time World Fantasy Award winner (for best collection, short story, novel and novella), and has won and been shortlisted for many other... Read more

  Posted on 29 September 2011 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Katharine Kerr - Author Interview Series

  

  What authors/books did you read as a child? When did you first discover your love of books?Anything I could get my hands on. I learned to read at home when I wa... Read more

  Posted on 17 September 2011 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Ben Chandler - Author Interview Series

  

  Ben Chandler's first novel, Quillblade: Volume One of the Voyages of the Flying Dragon, was published in 2010, and the sequel, Beast Child, is available now!Wha... Read more

  Posted on 10 September 2011 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Jennifer Byrne in Conversation with Christos Tsiolkas

  

  I wasn’t able to attend as many sessions at this year’s Melbourne Writers Festival as I would have liked, but I was fortunate enough to be in the studio audienc... Read more

  Posted on 05 September 2011 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Alice Pung - Author Interview Series

  

  Alice Pung’s first book Unpolished Gem won the Australian Book Industry Book of the Year 2007, and was nominated for numerous other awards. What authors/books... Read more

  Posted on 24 August 2011 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Jon Bauer - Author Interview Series

  

  Jon Bauer's first novel, Rocks in the Belly, was published this time last year and received endorsements and accolades from other writers, such as J M Coetzee, ... Read more

  Posted on 15 August 2011 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Rebecca James - Author Interview Series

  

  Rebecca James is the author of Beautiful Malice. If you haven't read it yet I recommend you do. What authors/books did you read as a child? When did you first... Read more

  Posted on 07 August 2011 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Belinda Murrell - Author Interview Series

  

  Belinda is a bestselling, internationally published children’s author currently writing her eleventh book. Her latest book The Ivory Rose is a Gothic ghost... Read more

  Posted on 23 July 2011 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Karen Essex - Author Interview Series

  

  Karen Essex's latest novel, Dracula in Love, was published by Doubleday in August 2010.What authors/books did you read as a child? When did you first discover... Read more

  Posted on 15 July 2011 BOOKS, CULTURE