Louise Allan’s first novel, The Sisters’ Song, is out now from Allen & Unwin. The manuscript was shortlisted for the 2014 City of Fremantle—TAG Hungerford Award and awarded a Varuna Residential Fellowship. I absolutely adored The Sisters’ Song. Set in Tasmania, it’s the story of two sisters and how music and motherhood break their hearts but […]
author interviews
Interview with Susan McCreery, author of Loopholes
Susan McCreery is a poet and writer of micro fiction from Thirroul, NSW. Her new book, Loopholes, is like a wonderful degustation menu of fiction. Each snippet only takes a minute to read but leaves you hungry for the next course. I’m thrilled to welcome Susan to the blog today, in conversation with Nicole Schalchlin. Make sure you to […]
Interview with Virginia Franken, author of Life After Coffee
I’m thrilled to have Virginia Franken with me today to answer a few of my burning questions about her hilarious debut novel, Life After Coffee. Life After Coffee follows the parenting fails of Amy O’Hara who has been thrown in the deep end of parenting after she loses her high-powered coffee-buying job. When Amy’s husband (until […]
Kim Lock – Aussie Author Interview
Kim Lock is an Australian fiction author, mother, breastfeeding counsellor and active feminist. Her second novel, Like I Can Love, will be released by Pan Macmillan Australia on 23 March 2016. I’m thrilled to have Kim Lock with us on the blog today to tell us about her new novel of family secrets and suicide […]
Violins & Venice: interview with Alyssa Palombo
Alyssa Palombo’s stunning debut novel, The Violinist of Venice, is released today in book stores around Australia. I’m lucky enough to have read an advance copy and absolutely loved it – I highly recommend it if you love historical fiction and/or music in general. You can read my full review here. The Violinist of Venice is […]
Season of Salt & Honey – author interview with Hannah Tunnicliffe
He always laughed more after surfing. His body was loose, his shoulders relaxed. He’d be tired, but somehow filled up from the inside. His hair thick with salt, dried crispy; the whites of his eyes pink; the skin on his hands tanned from the sunlight reflecting off the glassy surface of the water. And that […]