We’re deep into literary festival time of year and coming up fast, from the 24th August to 2nd September, is the Melbourne Writers Festival with new artistic director Marieke Hardy at the helm. Its theme is ‘a matter of life and death’ and there is a lot to go see, spread over a number of new venues….
The Creative Life Podcast: Episode Thirty-One Today’s guest is Annabel Smith. She is the author of the digital interactive novel The Ark, US bestseller Whisky Charlie Foxtrot, and A New Map of the Universe, which was shortlisted for the WA Premier’s Book Awards. She was an inaugural Australia Council Creative Australia Fellow and holds a…
The Creative Life Podcast: Episode Thirty This episode’s guest is Kate Mildenhall. Her debut novel, Skylarking, is based on the true story of Kate and Harriet, best friends growing up on a remote Australian cape in the 1880s, and the tragic event that befalls them. Skylarking was named in Readings bookstore’s Top Ten Fiction Books of 2016…
The Creative Life Podcast: Episode Twenty-Nine Patreon is an ongoing crowdfunding platform. It helps fans and supporters support their creative favourites while offering those artists a stable and user-friendly platform on which to facilitate this model of earning money while engaging with a fan base. A lot of artists are doing very well on it and there…
Photo, left to right: Speculate Director Joel Martin, Alison Goodman, Trudi Canavan, Jay Kristoff, Earl Livings I love a good literary festival. Without a doubt, they’ve helped me as a writer, especially in my early years. As I wrote in Trust the Process, “I quickly discovered how valuable festivals are for learning, socialising, networking and…
A few years ago I wrote a post about which literary accounts I recommend on Twitter and I think it’s time for another one! Why? Well, as I say in Trust the Process: 101 Tips on Writing and Creativity: “…here’s some good news. I would say that emerging writers today find themselves in a terrific…
The Creative Life Podcast: Episode Twenty-Eight This informal, candid mini-episode was inspired by the fact that this week marks the one-year anniversary of my poetry collection On The Many Shapes Bodies Will Take. Where did that time go?! Books, Topics Discussed and Recommended Reading On The Many Shapes Bodies Will Take by Karen Andrews Trust the Process:…
The Creative Life Podcast: Episode Twenty-Seven This week’s guest is Kelly Gardiner – award-winning author, educator and co-host of the Unladylike podcast. Her latest novel is 1917: Australia’s Great War. This was a fascinating talk – pirates, sword fighting, Vikings, War & Peace and a whole lot more. She can be found on Twitter. Books,…
The Creative Life Podcast: Episode Twenty-Six This week’s guest is Penny Harrison, a children’s author, book reviewer and professional writer. She is a mother of two and lives on the outskirts of Melbourne – just as I do! Her latest book, just released, is The Art Garden: sowing the seeds of creativity and can be…
