
THE ART OF SLOW WRITING
Leslie Tate I’m a slow author. It took three years to write my latest book Ways To Be Equally Human. That’s an average of 40 words per day. So, if you were reading my book you’d have reached my daily

LISA DART – SURVIVAL POETRY AND THE VOICES OF EXPERIENCE
I interviewed Lisa Dart, finalist in the Grolier, Aesthetica and Troubadour Poetry Prizes and author of The Linguistics of Light (poems, Salt, 2008), Fathom (prose memoir, Free Association Press, 2019), and This Thing of Darkness, an experimental, illustrated book (IPBooks,

THE BEAUTIFUL OPEN SKY OF HANNAH LINDEN’S POETRY Part One
I interviewed Hannah Linden, winner of the Café Writers Poetry Competition and shortlisted for the Saboteur Awards. Hannah says about her powerful poetry pamphlet The

AUSTRALIA – A LAND OF FIRST NATIONS AND UNIQUE SPECIES
I interviewed Chris C about living in Indigenous Australia and the unique flora and fauna of the continent. Chris also describes the politics of Australia

ALICE DARKLING, UPHOLDING THE INTRICATE WEB OF LIFE
I interviewed artist Alice Darkling who says, “My artwork is driven by a deep love, fascination and respect for wildlife and the natural world… With

JUDE PIESSE – RECREATING THE LEGACY OF DARWIN IN A HYBRID NOVEL
I interviewed Jude Piesse, about her new book, The Ghost in the Garden, that blends biography, memoir, and nature writing to tell the story of

ANNA CZARSKA AND THE ART OF MAKING CUTTING-EDGE FILMS Part Two
In the second part of their interview, innovative film-maker Anna Czarska talks about how different genres, storyboarding and being non-binary relate to their work as

ANNA CZARSKA AND THE ART OF MAKING CUTTING-EDGE FILMS Part One
I interviewed Anna Czarska, Managing Director and Producer at Sticky Tape Productions, an Irish film company who make socially-engaged films, ranging from character-driven realism to