Imagining The Past
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The Imagining the Past podcast series features authors appearing at the Historical Novel Society Australasia biennial conferences or who have been recognized in our $100,000 ARA Historical Novel Prize. Our hosts, Kelly Gardiner, and Greg Johnston discuss researching, writing, and publishing historical fiction with acclaimed writers of the genre in its many forms from crime to fantasy to..
Imagining The Past
6M ago
Thomas Keneally discusses his long literary career with Greg Johnston, and his novel, Corporal Hitler’s Pistol, which won the 2022 ARA Historical Novel Prize—Adult Category ..read more
Imagining The Past
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Claire Saxby discusses with Greg Johnston the intricacies of writing CYA Historical Fiction, and her novel, The Wearing of the Green, shortlisted for the 2022 ARA Historical Novel Prize—CYA Category. ..read more
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In this warm discussion, Robyn Mundy takes us to chilly Svalbard in the Norwegian archipelago to discuss her 2022 ARA Historical Novel Prize, short-listed, Cold Coast. ..read more
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Monty Soutar is an historian and author writing a trilogy— Kāwai—which tells the history of New Zealand through nine successive generations of a Maori family. With Greg Johnston, he discusses the particular features and challenges of this writing. ..read more
Imagining The Past
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In this discussion, Robyn Cadwallader tells of her writing process, the research of Medieval England, and the making of myths. ..read more
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Geraldine Brooks discusses her latest novel, Horse, with Greg Johnston, delving into many of the technical decisions take to write this complex novel. ..read more
Imagining The Past
11M ago
Kate Murdoch chats with Karen Brooks, Melissa Ashley and Lauren Chater of Midwives, Storytellers and Witches: Wise Women in History ..read more
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Paula Morris discussed with Julie Janson and Cassandra Pybus, the idea that History is written by the victors. But when such accounts are challenged, who then gets to define history in the context of a shared past? ..read more
Imagining The Past
1y ago
Richard Lee, founder of the Historical Novel Society, joins international bestselling authors, Ben Kane and Colin Falconer to discuss how these authors approach writing epic novels, and the challenges encountered in finding new angles to depict stories within well traversed eras of history ..read more
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Jackie Ballantyne explores how each author approaches common themes of revenge, love, betrayal, isolation and treachery from these very different perspectives ..read more