Q&As and Interviews posts
We chat with Pilgrim Lee about her gorgeous new picture book
Initially the illustrations were just a fun self-initiated project. I’ve always loved the imagery of the song and it seeme…
Josh Langley on exploring mental health in children’s books
It was my partner’s idea. I i…
Our Teen Advisory Board interviews Zana Fraillon
Mark Rubbo interviews Richard Flanagan
Alice Pung interviews Jock Serong
Jock Serong tells me a true story about a British surfer who went out to ride the waves immediately after a tsunami struck Sri Lanka: ‘Tens of thousands of people were killed, but he went out the very next day. This guy wou…
Jamila Rizvi interviews Briohny Doyle
Briohny Doyle and I are seduced by the same kinds of clickbait.
Acknowledged collectively with the hybrid term ‘listicle’, these are the stories Buzzfeed pioneered but that are now produced en masse by everyone from Cosmopolitan to Business Insider. Thirty things you should know by thirty, 12 signs you’re re…
Q&A with artist Adam John Cullen
1. Tell us a little bit about your art practice.
My practice is largely based in sculptural installation, working with themes of …
Q&A with Annie Smithers
When I first thought …
Jo Case interviews Jessica Friedmann
The opening chapter in Jessica Friedmann’s memoir-in-essays, Things That Helped, closes with her lying on her bathroom floor in the middle of the night, resolved to drown herself in the Maribyrnong River, but unable to get up. She’s a young woman engulfed by early motherhood, distanced not just from …