Who is Claire Corbett? Claire Corbett’s novel When We Have Wings was published in 2011 by Allen & Unwin and shortlisted for the 2012 Barbara Jefferis Award and the 2012 Ned Kelly Award for Best First Fiction. She writes for The Monthly and is a doctoral candidate at the University…
Who is Charlotte Wood? Charlotte Wood is the author of four novels and a work of non-fiction. Her latest work is a book of essays on cooking, Love & Hunger: Thoughts on the Gift of Food. Her last novel, Animal People, won the People’s Choice medal in the 2013 NSW Premier’s Literary Awards, was…
Who is Cat Sparks? Cat Sparks is fiction editor of Cosmos Magazine. She is halfway through a PhD in young adult climate change fiction. Sixty-five of her short stories have been published since 2000. She is currently in a panicked flap making a bunch of agent-directed changes to her novel, Lotus…
Who is Bruce Lyman? Bruce lives in Sydney without a view of the Harbour or the Bridge but, despite these shortcomings and his rural roots, is a devotee of this city. He was a parade ground dodger in the military for more years than he cares to remember, spent time…
Who is Alan Baxter? Alan Baxter is a British-Australian author who writes dark fantasy, horror and sci-fi, rides a motorcycle and loves his dog. He also teaches Kung Fu. He is the author of the dark urban fantasy trilogy, Bound, Obsidian and Abduction (The Alex Caine Series) published by HarperVoyager…
No matter what your vocation in life, music can inspire you. It can lift and comfort. It can embrace and acknowledge. It can nullify your existential loneliness in a way unique to any other art form. It can unite us and connect us, make us think differently about situations and…
Last week(ish), a fan knocked on my door. He was my school stationery delivery guy and, as he was handing over my order, he said: “I read your blog as well, by the way, follow all your awards and everything, what you’re doing. My wife’s a big reader and she…
