The road to becoming published can be littered with pitfalls, great joy and deep anguish, and a lot of technical things of which the uninitiated would never have dreamed. Gary Bryson, Catherine Therese and Jennifer Mills talk to Melanie Ostell about their experience of first-time publication, from that first kernel of an idea to that delicious new-book smell.
GARY BRYSON (LOCAL) GARY BRYSON is a journalist with Radio National, producing and presenting features and documentaries for the Encounter series. Prior to this, he was executive producer on Late Night Live with Phillip Adams. Turtle is his first novel.
CATHERINE THERESE (LOCAL) CATHERINE THERESE wrote the first draft of her memoir, The Norty Girl, aged four, acted it out for the next 36 years and began rewrites in 2001. In 2005 she attended the inaugural Varuna Masterclass. In between acts she has created poetry, prose and children in Australia, Belguim and Spain; studied languages, car parks, colour and design, and worked as a stylist, mentor and lecturer. She is a 2007 Varuna Fellowship recipient. The Weight of Silence is her first book.
JENNIFER MILLS (INTERSTATE) JENNIFER MILLS was the winner of the 2008 Marian Eldridge Award for Young Emerging Women Writers, the Pacific Region of the 2008-9 Commonwealth Short Story Competition, and the 2008 Northern Territory Literary Awards: Best Short Story. Her work has appeared in Hecate, Overland, Heat, the Griffith Review and Best Australian Stories 2007. She is a regular contributor to New Matilda. The Diamond Anchor is her first novel. Jennifer is currently working on her second. jenjen.com.au
MELANIE OSTELL (INTERSTATE) MELANIE OSTELL has more than 20 years' experience in Australian book publishing. In 2007 she went freelance after 10 years at Text Publishing. While senior editor at Text she worked with many award-winning writers including Tim Flannery, J.M. Coetzee, Kate Grenville and Lloyd Jones.
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