Hi Lian, and welcome to The Book Muse Your latest book is a picture book, When the Lights Went Out. What inspired this story? When I was little, I was absolutely terrified of the dark. I think that was the very beginning of it, wanting to write a book that my much younger self would… Continue reading Interview with Lian Tanner When the Lights Went Out
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Interview with Will Kostakis, We Could Be Something
1. To begin, what inspired you to start writing and when did you start? One of my earliest memories is of my grandfather waiting outside the newsagency before it opened to buy exercise books. He would sit at the table opposite my brothers and me, open the books and say, “Write.” He was a Greek… Continue reading Interview with Will Kostakis, We Could Be Something
Fancy Meeting You Here Interview with Ali Berg and Michelle Kalus
Hi Ali and Michelle, welcome to the Book Muse! Fancy Meeting You Here is your third book – as a cowriting team, what has your writing process been like for each book, and has it changed over the years? We spend a lot of time nutting out our characters and finessing the plot in depth.… Continue reading Fancy Meeting You Here Interview with Ali Berg and Michelle Kalus
Announcement 2020 Vogel Winner – Media from Allen and Unwin Australia
Every year, Allen and Unwin run the Vogel Awards for an unpublished manuscript for authors under the age of 35. This year, the announcement had to made online, and was hosted by Claire Bowditch. Below is a copy of the press release sent to me by Allen and Unwin, about the winner, A Treacherous Country… Continue reading Announcement 2020 Vogel Winner – Media from Allen and Unwin Australia
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