Marginalia — Interview

Getting to know 2025 DHA shortlistee, Georgie Harriss

Lauren Pratt Georgie Harriss Interview Reilly McGrath The Dorothy Hewett Award

Getting to know 2025 DHA shortlistee, Georgie Harriss

Perpetual Stew is an unpublished novel that is shortlisted for the 2025 Dorothy Hewett Award. In this short interview, with UWA Publishing intern Reilly McGrath, Georgie Harriss shares how it feels to be shortlisted and their advice for writers looking to submit to the Dorothy Hewett Award in the future.

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Getting to know 2025 DHA shortlistee, Corrie Hosking

Lauren Pratt Corrie Hosking Interview Reilly McGrath The Dorothy Hewett Award

Getting to know 2025 DHA shortlistee, Corrie Hosking

Clutch Feathers, Draw Breath is an unpublished novel that is shortlisted for the 2025 Dorothy Hewett Award. In this short interview, with UWA Publishing intern Reilly McGrath, Corrie Hosking shares how it feels to be shortlisted and her advice for writers looking to submit to the Dorothy Hewett Award in the future.

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Award-winning author Kaya Ortiz on their writing process and inspirations.

Lauren Pratt Interview Kaya Ortiz Maria Kakani Past and Parallel Lives Poetry

Award-winning author Kaya Ortiz on their writing process and inspirations.

Winner of the 2024 Dorothy Hewett Award, Kaya Ortiz’s debut book Past & Parallel Lives forms a story of growth and identity, woven together with themes of time. In this interview, Kaya speaks with UWAP intern Maria Kakani on the process of curating their poetry collection and the evolution of their writing journey.

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Shey Marque combines science with art in new poetry collection, The Hum Hearers.

Lauren Pratt Interview Maria Kakani Shey Marque The Hum Hearers

Shey Marque combines science with art in new poetry collection, The Hum Hearers.

Shey Marque’s second poetry collection, The Hum Hearers, explores memory, imagination, and inherited trauma through an epigenetic lens. Shey tracks her family history, from Victorian London to modern time, linking generations of women through cellular memory.

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Thuy On’s third poetry collection 'Essence' bridges the gap between her career and her poetry with literary and cultural references for readers

Lauren Pratt Essence Interview Maria Kakani Poetry Thuy On

Thuy On’s third poetry collection 'Essence' bridges the gap between her career and her poetry with literary and cultural references for readers

In this interview, Thuy chats with UWAP intern Maria Kakani, deep diving into her experience writing Essence, her career as a critic and poet, and the evolution of her writing journey.

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