The Garret: Writing & Publishing
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Amanda Lohrey writes fiction and non-fiction. Her latest novel, The Conversion, was released in 2023. Her previous novel, The Labyrinth (2021), won the Miles Franklin Literary Award, a Prime Minister’s Literary Award, a Tasmanian Literary Award and the Voss Literary Prize.
Amanda is also regular contributor to the Monthly magazine and a former senior fellow of the Australia Council’s Literature Board.
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Ep 274: Alexis Wright on writing Praiseworthy
Ep 273: Sam Elkin on his queer legal saga
Ep 272: Laurie Steed on writing the short story form
Ep 271: Kate Larsen on why the relationship is the project
Ep 270: James Bradley on the colonisation of the oceans
Ep 268: Nam Lee on 36 Ways of Writing a Vietnamese Poem
Ep 267: Catriona Menzies-Pike on the art of literary criticism
Ep 266: Sara Saleh on writing poetry and creating 'The Gaza Suite'
Ep 265: Tracey Lien on writing family, home and place
Ep 264: Christos Tsiolkas on sex, middle age and the importance of criticism
Ep 263: Kirli Saunders on poetry and multi-disciplinary practice
Ep 262: LIVE | Richard Flanagan at The Capitol discussing 'Question 7'
#1 industry interview of 2023: Beejay Silcox on literary prize judging
#1 poetry interview of 2023: Maxine Beneba Clarke on banning work for kids
#1 fiction interview of 2023: Pip Williams on recreating the past in fiction
#1 nonfiction interview of 2023: Debra Dank on writing memoir
Ep 261: Lucy Treloar on writing about the hard things well
Ep 260: Brigid Mullane on how to be a publisher
Ep 259: Tony Birch on working class storytelling in Australia
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