On Writing Podcast
1) Episode 63 - Robbie Arnott - The Rain Heron
The guest is Robbie Arnott. The book is The Rain Heron. Robbie's debut Flames  was shortlisted for and won a number of major literary prizes. His second novel is just as good. He writes compellin...Show More
2) Episode 64 - Chris Hammer - Trust
Chris Hammer is the guest. The book is Trust, the third novel in the Martin Scarsden series. We talk about writing break out debuts, why setting is so important and how Chris manages to find new compe...Show More
3) Episode 65 - Ceridwen Dovey - Life After Truth
The guest is Ceridwen Dovey. The book is Life After Truth. Ceridwen is an author, essayist and academic. She attended Harvard University on a scholarship where she met Jared Kushner and Natalie Portma...Show More
4) Episode 62 - Mirandi Riwoe - Gold Mountain Stone Sky
Mirandi Riwoe is the guest. She is the author of a number of books, most recently the historical fiction novel Stone Sky Gold Mountain, set in 1870s in a gold rush town in Queensland. Mirandi is an en...Show More
5) Episode 61 - Liam Pieper - Sweetness and Light
The guest is Liam Pieper, author of a number of books including his most recent novel Sweetness and Light. Liam has an intriguing story and he talks to us about how his time abroad inspired much of th...Show More
6) Episode 60 - Wayne Marshall - Shirl
The book is Shirl, an eclectic collection of short stories that will surprise and dazzle but beneath it all, there is a beating heart and real insight into what it means to be a man in small town Aust...Show More
7) Episode 59 - Garry Disher - Peace
The guest is Gary Disher, the author of a number of novels over a career spanning decades. Gary's latest novel Peace is a beautifully wrought rural crime novel that starts off quietly and builds ...Show More
8) Episode 58 - Alice Bishop - A Constant Hum
The guest is Alice Bishop, author of the short story collection A Constant Hum. Alice lost her family home in the Black Saturday bush fires in Australia and the stories of Hum are all linked to those ...Show More
9) Episode 57 - Bram Presser - Book of Dirt
The guest is Bram Presser, multi-award winning author, lawyer, and punk rocker. His book is The Book of Dirt which we talk a lot about. We also talk a lot about writing to preserve family histories, t...Show More
10) Episode 56 - Susan Hurley - Eight Lives
The guest is Susan Hurley debut author of the medical thriller Eight Lives. Eight Lives is the story of David Tran and the drug he discovered which ultimately kills him in a failed medical trial. The ...Show More