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Deep in one of Melbourne’s many lockdowns, I chatted to YA author Kate O’Donnell about The Gaps, my writing process, inspiration and un-inspiration, as part of the excellent Talk Now, Read Later podcast series.
The lovely Amy of Gather podcast interviewed me for her Coming of Age episode, and commissioned me to write something on the theme Found in Books.
I had a long and very involved chat with the lovely Michelle and Caitlin of Better Words podcast about The Gaps. We covered so much territory, from writing crime ethically to my career and writing process.
I recently had a lovely chat with #LoveOzYA's Alex Patrikios about THE GAPS, covering safety in public spaces, hypervigilance, the ethics of writing about crimes, and accidentally writing two books in tandem.
Sometimes my day job at an independent bookshop has some very nice perks - in this case, getting to have a long conversation with amazing US author Angie Thomas about her latest book, Concrete Rose.
I was invited by Melbourne City of Literature to write an essay for Lithub, featuring a book set in Victoria. I decided to write about Henry Handel Richardson’s The Getting of Wisdom and, as often happens with commissioned writing, my essay soon spun off into unexpected directions.
I was very lucky to recently get an opportunity at my day job to talk to amazing author-illustrator Ambelin Kwaymullina about her experiences co-editing the excellent Australian #OwnVoices anthology, Meet Me at the Intersection, with fellow author Rebecca Lim.
I am the very lucky recipient of a State Library Fellowship this year — the Children’s Literature Fellowship, to be precise.