The author of Mastering Creative Anxiety talks about his latest book, about why creating produces so much anxiety, his best tips for either avoiding, or managing anxiety, how to ‘get a grip on your mind’, the relationship between making meaning and anxiety, and lots more.
Category: Author interviews
Interview with Mark Seal
The author of The Man in the Rockefeller Suit talks about the serendipity that gave rise to his book, his main character, his research, and more.
Interview with Mayra Calvani
The author of How To Turn Your Book Club Into a Spectacular Event talks about her latest book, about book clubs and their benefits, about why writing for middle-grade readers is so much fun, her darker talents, and lots more.
Interview with Leigh Russell, author of Cut Short
The author of Cut Short talks about her debut novel, her ambitions, her schedule, her titles, her upcoming second novel, her ideal reader, and lots more.
Interview with Ouyang Yu
The author of On the Smell of an Oily Rag talks about his latest book, about the “pen-notes fiction” genre he uses, perhaps for the first time in English, the value of fragments, his feelings towards Australia, forthcoming work, and more.
Interview with J.R.Poulter/J.R.McRae
The author of Mending Lucille talks about her inspiration, her path to publication, working with an illustrator, the trickiest parts, her other projects, and lots more.
Interview with Victoria Ufondu of Jotspeak
The creator of Jotspeak talks about her new writing site and why it’s different, why she started it, on the spoken word form, her marketing process, their charity gigs, a sneak preview on where the site might be headed, and lots more.
An interview with Kristin Bair O’Keeffe
Kristin Bair O’Keeffe talks about her novel Thirsty, about her life in China and why she’s there, her publisher, on the craziness and creativity, of promoting a novel cross-country, on why she’s sending her resume to Cirque du Soleil, and lots more.
An interview with Mari Strachan
The author of The Earth Hums in B Flat talks about her first novel, her youthful character Gwenni, her star agent, her innovative publisher Canongate, about how we can live more sustainably, her writing Masters, her next novel(s), and lots more.
Interview with Louis Nowra
The author of Ice talks about his latest novel, his characters — both real and imagined, the relationship between fiction and biography, the relationship between love and madness, his upcoming work, and lots more.