The Writer’s Room with Charlotte Wood
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
Episode 9: Joan Silber
21 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
A mini-masterclass on character, point of view, narrative time and ‘weight in fiction’ with the acclaimed American writer, Joan Silber. Joan was r...
Episode 8: Painter Jude Rae on the still life and the artist's path
21 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
What can a writer learn from the visual arts? Plenty, in Charlotte's case. In this episode, one of Australia's finest painters, Jude Rae, answers Char...
Episode 7: Ruby Hamad on persuasive writing and cultural criticism
21 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This episode features non-fiction writer Ruby Hamad about persuasive writing, cultural critique, and how to weather the storms of public opinion while...
Episode 6: Actor Heather Mitchell on finding & inhabiting character
31 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
What can fiction writers learn from actors about character development? One of Australia's finest actors, Heather Mitchell, draws on her four decades ...
Episode 5: Long Litt Woon on mushrooms, mourning & memoir
21 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 5 we’re talking memoir with anthropologist and writer Long Litt Woon. We discuss the tricky questions involved in making a book about you...
Episode 4: Jerry Saltz on How To Be An Artist
09 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 4, we hear from Jerry Saltz about how he went from life as 'a failed artist' to long-haul truck driver to renowned art critic, and about hi...
Episode 3: Vicki Hastrich, Night Fishing & artistic cross-pollination
05 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
What does a writer do when a novel in progress seems to die under her pen? Keep pushing on? Throw it out and start a new one? Vicki Hastrich, author o...
Episode 2: Finding your creative tribe
13 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Every artist must be self-reliant, but it’s also true that creative people have always sought out the community of like-minded others. From Virginia...
How can you write while the earth is burning? Sarah Sentilles on why making art matters
18 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Every artist comes up eventually against some big, scary questions, like: what’s the point? How can I justify making art in the face of the world’...