Interviews

Interview with Craig Sherborne

By Matthew Goodall Craig Sherborne is a poet, playwright, and novelist. His debut memoir Hoi Polloi was shortlisted for both the Queensland...

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Interview with Hakim Bellamy

Interview by Brad Jennings   Hakim Bellamy is a poet, author, musician, playwright, actor, and community organiser. In 2012, he became...

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Interview with Joe Reich

Interview by Vincent Kakkos   Joe Reich is an author, painter and practicing ophthalmologist based here in Melbourne Australia. In 2009,...

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S.C. Farrow Interview

Interview by Holly Jane Erin S.C. Farrow is an Australian screenwriter and author. Throughout her life, she has had an array of left of...

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A Conversation with Sue Smethurst

Interviewed by Michelle Freckleton About the Author: Sue is an award-winning writer/journalist who has worked in the media for over twenty...

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Shona Blake Interview

by Nik Shone. About the artist: Shona Blake is a singer/songwriter/writer based on the west coast of Ireland. Her thoughtful prose has a...

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Interview with Lliane Clarke

Interviewer: Samuel Elliott What is Voices of Women? Voices of Women is a not for profit organisation to support new work by Australian...

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Interview: Ali Whitelock.

By  Nik Eugeniou. Ali Whitelock is a Scottish poet and writer living in Australia. Her first book, ‘Poking seaweed with a stick and...

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Our inaugural podcast with Katya de Becerra.

Oscar O’Neil-Pugh speaks to Katya de Becerra....

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Interview with Kristina Olsson.

You’ve said in the past that you felt writing chose you. Where did it all begin for you and what motivated you to pursue writing? As a...

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Author interview: Lauren Chater

Interview by Nik Shone   What motivated you to start writing and what draws you to historical fiction? I always wanted to be a writer,...

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Author interview: Kathryn Gauci

Interviewer: Savannah White Kathryn Gauci was born in England and studied textiles where she specialised in carpet design. After...

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Author interview: Glenice Whitting

Interview by Madeleine Reid   Pickle to Pie is the story of a second-generation Australian of German descent, Frederick...

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Author interview – Elizabeth Jane Corbett

By Senaj Alijevski What sparked your interest in immigration? This is an important theme in your novel. Does the history behind the...

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Author interview: Cindy Vallar

Interviewer: Savannah White Cindy Vallar retired from her career as a librarian to persue her passion for writing, now working as a...

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Author interview: Hoa Pham

Interviewer: Savannah White Hoa Pham is a psychologist and award winning author. She holds a doctorate in creative arts and a master’s...

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Interview with Justin Sheedy

By Oscar O’Neill-Pugh and Senaj Alijevski The subeditors at Backstory were fortunate to be able to interview Justin Sheedy, an author...

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Interview with Sandra Gulland

By Sophie Myers   Sandra Gulland is the internationally celebrated author of number of historical novels, such as the Josephine B....

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Interview with Rachel Nightingale

By Sophie Meyers What motivated you to start writing? I decided to become a writer at the age of 8. I can’t really remember why now, but...

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Interview with Christopher Raja

By Senaj Alijevski   What challenges and experiences inspired your novels? I love when someone tells me a story. I think this love for...

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Interview with Alex Miller

By Jac Mason and Ana-Teona Tinc The walls were lined with books, stacked up higher than any of us could reach. Alex stood and turned his...

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Interview with Dr Ron Elisha

By James Palmer Before screens colonised the world, performances were exclusive to live production. Yet the advent of film and television...

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Interview with C.W. Gortner

By Tamasine Loves   Historical fiction is a genre with roots as deep as the storytelling tradition itself. And to the modern day, we...

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