Looking beyond the frame - Richard Flanagan’s new novel draws on the historical figure Mathinna and addresses the extermination of Tasmania’s Aboriginal population. But while it draws on history, Wanting is a work of imagination, the author tells Lachlan Jobbins.Wanting is inspired by true events in 19th century Tasmania and England-the intersecting lives of polar explorer and Van Diemen’s Land Governor Sir John Franklin, the Aboriginal girl Mathinna and the most famous British writer of the age, Charles Dickens. What first drew you to their stories?
10 October, 2008
July New Titles from Melbourne University PressNew titles in July and August from Melbourne University Press
1 July, 2008
Dying for answers - interview with Debra AdelaideDebra Adelaide answers
Deborah Crabtree’s questions about her forthcoming novel
The Household Guide to Dying.
2 June, 2008
Too good to be true - Interview with Catherine JinksWhen Catherine Jinks first heard about the fascinating Atkinson family, their literary achievements and their connection to Australia’s first ‘serial killer’, she was determined to tell the story as truthfully as possible. But, as she tells
Matthia Dempsey, some facts are impossible to pin down.
2 June, 2008
Growing up Asian in Australia - interview with Alice PungIt was an experience at the heart of her memoir
Unpolished Gem and now Alice Pung has edited a collection of works by other Asian-Australians on their experiences growing up in Australia. She talks to
Matthia Dempsey1 June, 2008
Video - Les Murray, discussing early English-language Australian poetry (pt2), April 08PART 2 - Les Murray, discussing early English-language Australian poetry (pt2), April 08
29 April, 2008
Video - Les Murray, discussing early English-language Australian poetry (pt1), April 08PART 1 - Les Murray, discussing early English-language Australian poetry (pt1), April 08
29 April, 2008
Video - Germaine's Legacy - After The Female Eunuch - session at Adelaide Writers' Week - Part 2PART 2 - Robyn Davidson, Georgia Blain and Deborah Robertson join Germaine Greer in this Adelaide Writers' Week panel to discuss the legacy of Greer's
The Female Eunuch.
1 April, 2008
Video - Germaine's Legacy - After The Female Eunuch - session at Adelaide Writers' Week - Part 1PART 1 - Robyn Davidson, Georgia Blain and Deborah Robertson join Germaine Greer in this Adelaide Writers' Week panel to discuss the legacy of Greer's
The Female Eunuch.
1 April, 2008
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