Interviews • Issue Thirteen • Issue Thirteen Interviews
May 24, 2022
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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Interviews • Issue Eleven • Issue Eleven Interviews
June 22, 2021
Interview by Brad Jennings Hakim Bellamy is a poet, author, musician, playwright, actor, and community organiser. In 2012, he became...
June 21, 2021
Interview by Vincent Kakkos Joe Reich is an author, painter and practicing ophthalmologist based here in Melbourne Australia. In 2009,...
Interviews • Issue Ten • Issue Ten Interviews
November 23, 2020
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...
Interviewed by Michelle Freckleton About the Author: Sue is an award-winning writer/journalist who has worked in the media for over twenty...
Interviews • Issue Nine • Issue Nine Author Interviews
June 15, 2020
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Interviews • Issue Eight • Issue Eight Interviews
December 1, 2019
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...
Interviewer: Samuel Elliott What is Voices of Women? Voices of Women is a not for profit organisation to support new work by Australian...
Interviews • Issue seven • Issue seven interviews
June 16, 2019
By Nik Eugeniou. Ali Whitelock is a Scottish poet and writer living in Australia. Her first book, ‘Poking seaweed with a stick and...
Interviews • Issue Six • Issue Six Interviews • Issue Six Podcasts • Podcasts
December 15, 2018
Oscar O’Neil-Pugh speaks to Katya de Becerra....
Interviews • Issue Six • Issue Six Interviews
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...
Interviews • Issue Five • Issue Five Interviews
June 8, 2018
Interview by Nik Shone What motivated you to start writing and what draws you to historical fiction? I always wanted to be a writer,...
Interviewer: Savannah White Kathryn Gauci was born in England and studied textiles where she specialised in carpet design. After...
Interview by Madeleine Reid Pickle to Pie is the story of a second-generation Australian of German descent, Frederick...
By Senaj Alijevski What sparked your interest in immigration? This is an important theme in your novel. Does the history behind the...
Interviewer: Savannah White Cindy Vallar retired from her career as a librarian to persue her passion for writing, now working as a...
Interviewer: Savannah White Hoa Pham is a psychologist and award winning author. She holds a doctorate in creative arts and a master’s...
Interviews • Issue Four
December 6, 2017
By Oscar O’Neill-Pugh and Senaj Alijevski The subeditors at Backstory were fortunate to be able to interview Justin Sheedy, an author...
Interviews • Issue Three
June 15, 2017
By Sophie Myers Sandra Gulland is the internationally celebrated author of number of historical novels, such as the Josephine B....
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...
By Senaj Alijevski What challenges and experiences inspired your novels? I love when someone tells me a story. I think this love for...
Interviews • Issue Two
September 5, 2016
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...
By James Palmer Before screens colonised the world, performances were exclusive to live production. Yet the advent of film and television...
By Tamasine Loves Historical fiction is a genre with roots as deep as the storytelling tradition itself. And to the modern day, we...