Interviews
June 23, 2020
I first met Nadia L. King a number of years ago, introduced by a mutual friend in a Leederville coffee shop. It was shortly after Nadia decided to face her fears by picking up a pen to write—and she hasn’t looked back! Since then Nadia has published Jenna’s Truth (a story about cyberbullying for young […]
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May 5, 2020
There’s a lot to lament when it comes to social media, but good things can emerge from it, too, such as the opportunity to connect with other members of the writing community. It’s how I met most of my #5amwritersclub crew (although I don’t think any of us are currently writing at 5 am!). It’s […]
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November 22, 2019
Young people often get a bad rap when they’re portrayed in the media, but I meet so many who are helping to make their community, and the world, a better place by their presence in it. So, I’m starting a new series of interviews with MAD kids and young people—where MAD stands for Making a […]
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May 10, 2017
One of the purposes of my blog, Treefall Writing – and indeed why I write at all – is to ‘create a gap for invisible stories to flourish and be heard’. It’s why I chose to research and write about war widows in my first book, Many Hearts, One Voice. It’s why my current work-in-progress […]
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November 22, 2016
Asta Lander is a Perth artist and creative mentor, whose exhibition, Monkeying Around, opens at the Victoria Park Centre for the Arts on Friday 2 December 2016. Asta has worked as a school art specialist, volunteer art therapist, a primary and ESL teacher, and a school chaplain, but says she ‘skirted around’ her artistic self […]
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