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Q&A Monday: Tai Snaith

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Sam Cooney

May 24, 2010

Tai Snaith. Female. Melbourne-based artist. Former Voiceworks EdCommer. Exhibits and performs around the world. Works with a diverse variety of media and has performed in all sorts of spaces. Known in the arts community for organising collaborative works. Has a regular spot on Melbourne radio station Triple R’s Smart Arts program. Is also a curator, teacher, lecturer and volunteer.

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• david sornig
• spiel
• teaching
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Q&A Monday: David Sornig

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Sam Cooney

May 17, 2010

David Sornig. Male. Married with two children. Writer and academic. Lives in Adelaide, where he teaches creative writing at university. Born in Melbourne to German and Austrian immigrants. Debut novel Spiel published in 2009 by University of Western Australia Press. Has also published short fiction, memoir and literary criticism. Interested in architecture, sustainable living, music and looking soulful in photos. (more…)

• benjamin law
• black inc
• frankie
• the family law
• the monthly

Q&A Monday: Benjamin Law

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Sam Cooney

May 10, 2010

Benjamin Law. Male. Lives in Brisbane. Debut book The Family Law out this June through Black Inc Books. Has pieces in Best Australian Essays 2008 and 2009, and in Growing Up Asian in Australia.  Senior contributor to frankie, and is oft-published in the pages of The Monthly, The Big Issue, Sunday Life and heaps more. Twitter aficionado. Dude. (more…)

• kalinda ashton
• overland
• the danger game
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Q&A Monday: Kalinda Ashton

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Sam Cooney

May 03, 2010

Kalinda Ashton. Female. Lives in Melbourne. Debut novel The Danger Game completed as part of a doctorate in Creative Media by research, and published in 2009 by Sleepers Publishing. Has had short stories in a bucketful of publications, including Meanjin, Overland, The Sleepers Alamanacs, Kill Your Darlings and Hecate. Her short plays have also been produced. Teaches writing and editing at university level. Associate editor at Overland. And more.

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• louise swinn
• sleepers publishing
• Writing

Q&A Monday: Louise Swinn

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Sam Cooney

Apr 26, 2010

Louise Swinn. Female. Lives in Melbourne, Australia. Co-founder and Editorial Director of Sleepers Publishing. Writer of fiction and nonfiction. Book reviewer. Sits on a bunch of boards and committees. Dedicated, passionate and paid up.

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• clinton caward
• love machine
• Writing

Q&A Monday: Clinton Caward

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Sam Cooney

Apr 19, 2010

Clinton Caward. Male. Lives in Sydney with his daughter. Debut novel Love Machine published early 2010. Has completed a Master of Arts in Writing by research. His work has appeared in Meanjin, Southerly, Quadrant, The Australian and some short story anthologies. Has worked as a bank clerk, plumber, barman, landscape gardener, pizza cook, video store clerk and flotation tank maintenance technician.

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• Steven Amsterdam
• things we didn't see coming

Q&A Monday: Steven Amsterdam

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Sam Cooney

Apr 12, 2010

Steven Amsterdam. Male. Born in New York. Lives in Melbourne. Debut novel: Things We Didn’t See Coming. Out now in Australia and USA and soon in Europe. Won 2009 Age Book of the Year. Recently shortlisted for NSW Premier’s Literary Award. Publishes plenty of short stories. Has worked in a fistload of different fields. Right now is a psychiatric nurse (and writer).

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