Catherine de Saint Phalle discusses being mentored by books, and the differences between French and Australian literary culture. Read more
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The Hate Race is not a book that everyone will love, but I’m proud of the impact it’s had, and the conversations it’s started: Stella Prize shortlistee, Maxine Beneba Clarke, on The Hate Race.
Maxine shares her thoughts about the process of memoir writing, the pull of the poetic form, and what it’s really like to write while female. Read more
Paula Keogh: I want the struggle and the elation of writing to be part of my life.
Paula Keogh answers the Booktopia Book Guru's Ten Terrifying Questions. Read more
Kirsty Manning: I want to keep exploring the real-world dilemmas for the modern working woman.
Kirsty Manning answers the Ten Terrifying Questions. Read more
Holly Ford: A romance has to have some degree of erotic charge between the two main characters, even if we never see them lay a hand on each other.
Holly Ford answers the Nine Naughty Questions. Read more
Amanda Hampson: To seriously pursue an artistic bent, you have to be completely besotted with it.
Amanda Hampson answers the Booktopia Book Guru's Ten Terrifying Questions. Read more
The Girl Before: A Hitchcockian thriller loved by Lee Child and Lisa Gardner | Ron Howard set to direct the film adaptation
JP Delaney answers the Booktopia Book Guru's Ten Terrifying Questions. Read more
Hilary Spiers: Life can be just as exciting and adventurous in later life as in youth.
Hilary Spiers answers the Booktopia Book Guru's Ten Terrifying Questions. Read more
Joy Rhoades: The idea for The Woolgrower’s Companion came to me out of the times and experiences of my grandmother on my father’s side.
Joy Rhoades answers the Ten Terrifying Questions. Read more
Catherine Bateson: Lisette’s Paris Notebook is a coming-of-age story, a romance and a love letter to Paris.
Catherine Bateson answers the Ten Terrifying Questions Read more