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The Great Unknown: Rhys Tate

December 28, 2013By Bronwyn MehanThe Great Unknown interviews No Comments

Rhys Tate on writing his Carmel Bird Award shortlisted story ‘The Koala Motel’, published in The Great Unknown. What did you enjoy about writing to this particular theme? I don’t scare that easily—the last time I really had the heebie-jeebies was when we broke into the boarded-up shell of an asylum out here in the … Read More

The Great Unknown: Carmel Bird

December 26, 2013By Bronwyn MehanThe Great Unknown interviews No Comments

Carmel Bird on writing ‘Hare’ I live in Castlemaine which is a small country town in the centre of Victoria. The earth in this part of the world is scarred by the workings and remains of old goldmines, and the streets of the town lead, not to more streets, but to the edge of the … Read More

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