Jessica Au
Jessica Au is a former editor of Readings Monthly. She is also the author of the novels, Cargo and Cold Enough for Snow.
Blog post — 11 Sep 2012
Q&A with Toni Jordan, author of Nine Days
Toni Jordan chats with Jessica Au about her new book,
Tell us about writing
After I finished Fall Girl, I had no idea whatsoever. Nothing. Unlike many writers I…
Blog post — 14 Aug 2012
Q&A with Belinda Castles, author of Hannah & Emil
Belinda Castles chats with Jessica Au about her novel,
Tell us about writing*Hannah & Emil* – where did the idea start for you?
Hannah and Emil is based on the…
Blog post — 13 Aug 2012
Q&A with Liza Klaussmann, author of Tigers In Red Weather
Liza Klaussmann tells us some books that she loves.
What’s the last book you loved, and why?
Dare Me by Megan Abbott: sinister, funny and sharp as hell.
Which literary…
Blog post — 1 Aug 2012
Q&A with Josephine Rowe, author of Tarcutta Wake
Josephine Rowe chats with Jessica Au about her short-story collection, Tarcutta Wake
Your stories are sometimes closer to vignettes – a glimpse into a life or a moment. Does preventing…
Blog post — 10 Jul 2012
Q&A with Jennifer Mills, author of The Rest is Weight
Jessica Au chats to Jennifer Mills about her new book,
There’s a beautiful otherworldliness to this collection – a young architect endlessly perfecting plans for a gargantuan city, Russian pilots…
Review — 29 Jul 2012
Pilgrimage by Jacinta Halloran
[[jacinta1]]When her mother is diagnosed with a terminal illness, Celeste, 49, prepares herself to assume the role of a carer. A paediatrician, she is willing to arm them both with…
Review — 29 Jul 2012
Black Mountain by Venero Armanno
[[venero1]]Venero Armanno’s latest novel, Black Mountain, is in many ways a rich and romantic journey epic – driven forwards by the life and survival of a singular character through…
Review — 14 Aug 2012
Sufficient Grace by Amy Espeseth
Deep in the heart of rural Wisconsin, two small families eke out a harsh but simple living, dictated to both by the ancient rhythms of the land around them, as…
Review — 26 Jun 2012
The Rest is Weight by Jennifer Mills
[[Mills]]One of the problems with many short story collections – particularly those that gather together the disparate works of a single author over time – is the tendency to repeat…
Review — 27 Jun 2012
Welcome to Normal by Nick Earls
[[earls]]Eight stories make up Nick Earls’s most recent collection, Welcome to Normal – each of them vivid, self-contained examples of what longform storytelling can achieve. Caught somewhere between a novella…
