Under Sedation: Canberra verse remixed takes on a curated collection of compositions from the 1940s to the present day, weaving together the old, the new, sung, spoken, published, drafted, applauded, unknown, the earnest, irreverent—and turns them into a new theatre work. The Street talked to Adele Chynoweth, almost a year after interviewing her about her commission and … Continue reading
By: Nalini Haynes, Blogger in Residence Juliet Marillier, writer of historical fantasy, has won Australian and international awards for her novels. She is also very active in the writing community, mentoring aspiring writers, teaching workshops, serving on the Literary Board of the Katharine Susannah Prichard Writers’ Centre and contributing to Writer Unboxed. Here she chats writing, representation, and … Continue reading
This month, we caught up with local poet Melinda Smith to chat all things festivals, including her upcoming appearance at Voci Lontane Voci Sorelle festival (‘Far Voices, Sister Voices’) in Florence, Italy. Melinda Smith is a Canberra-based poet. She won the 2014 Prime Minister’s Literary Award for her fourth book of poems, Drag down to unlock or place … Continue reading
Award-winning children’s author Wendy Orr’s credits include Peeling the Onion and Nim’s Island. Our Blogger-in-Residence, Nalini Haynes, sat down with Wendy to talk about her latest novel, Dragonfly Song, featuring disability. What can you tell us about Dragonfly Song, which has just been released by Allen & Unwin? 12-year-old Aissa is the hereditary daughter of … Continue reading
—Sophie Constable, Blogger in Residence With books spanning two millennia, authoring stories from 12th century France to modern day Russia, Sophie Masson speaks to us about the weight of history, the experience of the foreign, and the advantages of being an Australian writer. Two millennia—goodness, how startling to see it that way! Makes me feel like … Continue reading
This month, Blogger in Residence Nalini Haynes spoke with Rajith Savanadasa about his debut novel Ruins, as well as the importance of cultural representation and engagement. Rajith Savanadasa’s debut novel Ruins is set in Sri Lanka in 2009. He tells me a little bit about it: There’s a chapter from the perspective of every family … Continue reading
Evana Ho spoke to book publicist and author Emma Noble earlier this year about self-publishing. This article first appeared in the ACT Writers Centre’s member magazine, ACTWrite in April 2015. Rightly or wrongly, marketing has long been viewed as a dark art. Its practitioners: spinsters, greasy salespeople; and in a post-Mad Men age, advertisers are probably … Continue reading
Blogger in Residence, Christine McPaul, caught up with Angela Meyer of LiteraryMinded to find out about her experience as an author, editor and blogger. If there was a single word to describe your writing journey what would that be? Intertextual. I am/my work is completely the product of every text I’ve absorbed. Do you remember … Continue reading
Words by Jenni Curry, ACTWC Blogger in Residence I met with a very interesting Canberra based author, Mark Henshaw, for a coffee and a chat. He has recently published his second book, The Snow Kimono, and taken on the new role as Creative Producer for Literature at Gorman Arts Centre. The influence of living in … Continue reading
Words by Jenni Curry, ACTWC Blogger in Residence (Photo: Ash Peak) I recently had the pleasure of meeting Canberra based author, Jack Heath. We met for a tangent filled conversation in which we both got off-track several times (although, I now have a whole list of interesting things to research and books to read), but … Continue reading
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