August 2014

Thanks Mel Campbell for this excellent and candid discussion about the difficulties & challenges of being a (midlist) writer: **Mel Campbell** published her first book, *Out of Shape*, last year. Since then, she’s been struggling with ideas of what it […]

http://www.theparisreview.org/interviews/6116/the-art-of-fiction-no-214-alan-hollinghurst Such a generous interviewee is prolific writer Alan Hollinghurst. I’m struck by his candour and willingness to share vulnerable insights. I’m also struck by his final statement: It’s wonderful just to live in the world of creation and know

http://www.theparisreview.org/interviews/6040/the-art-of-fiction-no-206-michel-houellebecq You’d need the hide of an elephant such that a vat of Pond’s Cream wouldn’t soften, but this technique clearly works for Michel Houellebecq!

This excellent article in Narrative Magazine discusses the tendency of writers to write-off other writers’ writing (tongue-twister!) based on their opinions of the content rather than the craft, reminds me of heated discussions in my novel-writing class that were fueled

Thrilled that my short story Paradise – which last year Arnold Zable selected as the winner of the local section of the Alan Marshall Short Story Awards – has been selected for publication in Melbourne Book’s anthology Award Winning Australian

2014 Fiction Edition Invitation The lovely Magdalena McGuire, one of the amazingly talented women in my writing group, has had her short story ‘Polish Cooking for Beginners’ chosen for publication in The Big Issue’s 2014 Fiction edition, Take Me Away.