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Sydney Writers’ Festival 2015 – On Home and Exile

Posted on May 26, 2015 by Karen Whitelaw

It’s pouring. We wait outside the Philharmonic Studio on the wharf for the session On Exile and Home where an organiser pokes the bulge full of water in the canvas roof and a waterfall cascades over the edge. The water … Continue reading →

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Alex Miller at the SYDNEY WRITERS’ FESTIVAL

Posted on May 21, 2014 by Karen Whitelaw

Hornsby Library, 21st May 2014 You would expect when an insightful author like Alex Miller stands up to talk to his readers he would make us think. Not only did he succeed, but more importantly, he made us feel. First … Continue reading →

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Can characters shape the plot?

Posted on August 24, 2013 by Karen Whitelaw

“I usually have one firm character, perhaps two, and an underlying theme – certainly a situation. And from then on, if it works at all, the characters shape the plot rather than the other way round.” Jessica Anderson in Yacker … Continue reading →

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