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A Q&A with the author of Repeat, Dennis Glover
In this interview, Repeat: A Warning from History author Dennis Glover talks about how he made a career as one of Australia’s leading speechwriters, the events that compelled him to write Repeat, and the urgent message he hopes readers will take away from his new book.
Out Now: Growing Up Indian in Australia
Vibrant, moving and diverse stories of shape-shifting between cultures.
Author Spotlight on Anna Goldsworthy
Anna Goldsworthy is an award-winning classical pianist and writer. As a pianist, she performs extensively throughout Australia and internationally, and is a founding member of Seraphim Trio. She’s published several books with Black Inc. – including her memoir Piano Lessons, which won Newcomer of the Year at the 2010 Australian Book Industry Awards, and the novel Melting Moments.
Anna was very generous to lend us her valuable time for this interview. In it, she talks about the similarities and differences between writing memoir and fiction, and between working as a pianist and a writer.
Behind the Book: A Q&A with Emily Westmoreland, director of Willy Lit Fest
In the latest instalment of Behind the Book, we’re chatting to Emily Westmoreland, Program Director of Willy Lit Fest. She walks us through what being a writers’ festival director entails, the role that writers’ festivals play in promoting a thriving literary community, and who she’d seat at her dream dinner party.
June 2024 new releases from Black Inc.
Out this month: Fragile Creatures, The Shortest History of Japan and Highway to Hell.
Out Now: Fragile Creatures by Khin Myint
A powerful debut from an extraordinary voice, gentle in the face of extremity
Out Now: The Shortest History of Japan by Lesley Downer
A definitive new history of Japan, where ancient meets cutting-edge in unique and startling ways
Out Now: Highway to Hell by Joëlle Gergis
What will the climate crisis mean for Australia? What is the price of our inertia?
Out Now: Because I'm Not Myself, You See by Ariane Beeston
A frank, hopeful and darkly funny memoir of postpartum psychosis and recovery
Behind the Book: A Q&A with I’d Rather Not author Robert Skinner
Welcome back to Behind the Book. In this series, we talk to the people who bring you the books you love from Black Inc. – from the names you may know to those you definitely don’t.
In this month’s instalment, we speak to Robert Skinner, author of the beloved and Australian Book Industry Award-shortlisted memoir I’d Rather Not. He talks about the interplay between being an author and a bookseller, going up against David Marr in the Australian Book Industry Awards, and what he’s writing now (spoiler: not a book!).
