Writers Blocast

Writers Blocast: Rachael Rippon

Rachael Rippon is researching digital self-publishing for her PhD. She has been writing since she was eleven and reading even longer. She has won several short story competitions and had a few short stories published. She lives in a caravan in Australia, loves reading crime stories, loves writing fantasy stories and is terrified of zombies.

Writers Blocast: Isabel Roper

Isabel Roper is a (finally) fifth-year ANU student who writes so she can avoid doing the washing up. She won the 2012 Mardi Gras Festival Short Story Competition (Under 26 division) and placed 3rd in the 2013 John Marsden Prize for Young Australian Writers. She writes Australian-themed realist fiction and maintains a list of funny things that other people have said and a much smaller, bonsai-scale collection of funny things she has said herself.

Writers Blocast: CJ Bowerbird

CJ Bowerbird is a spoken word artist and the 2013 Australian Poetry Slam Champion. He explores what it is to be human, taking audiences on flights through despair and salvation without ever losing his sense of humour. He has been a featured performer at the Bookworm International Literary Festival in China, the Ubud Writers Festival, TEDxCanberra and at festivals and events across Australia. He has performed in several cities in Indonesia and the US, and has read poetry on ABC National Radio.

Writers Blocast: Zoe Konovalov

Do you do it in bed? Do you do it in a cafe? Or perhaps you like to do it with more than one person?No, we’re not talking about sex — although we like your sullied mind, dear reader. We’re talking about writing (naturally). At Writers Bloc, we’re asking writers: where do you write?Each fortnight, we’ll bring you a Writers Blocast for our Writers Workspace Series. For our very first post, we speak to American-Australian author and poet Zoe Konovalov.

Writers Blocast: Rosanna Stevens

Rosanna Stevens' latest story -- Interviews with the Other Three Quarters -- is available through Seizure. Her essay on what we don't know about music will appear in The Griffith Review later this year. If you'd like to say hi or talk bed desks, she'd love to hear from you. (You can reach her on @RosannaBeatrice).