The Imagining the Past podcast series is brought to you by the Historical Novel Society Australasia (https://hnsa.org.au/) . We feature authors appearing at our biennial conferences (https://hnsa.org.au/conferences-events/) or have been recognised in our $150,000 ARA Historical Novel Prize (https://hnsa.org.au/ara-historical-novel-prize/) . Our HNSA hosts, Greg Johnston and Kelly Gardiner, discuss researching, writing and publishing historical fiction with acclaimed writers of the genre in i ...
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S8 Ep7: Imagining the Past—2024—Gail Jones
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Gail Jones chats with Greg Johnston about her complex novel, Salonika Burning, which won the 2023 ARA Historical Novel Prize—Adult Category.Av Imagining The Past
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S8 Ep6: Imagining the Past—2024—Suzanne Leal
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Suzanne Leal chats with Greg Johnston about her 2023 ARA Historical Novel Prize, CYA shortlisted novel, Running with Ivan, some of the differences between writing CYA and Adult fiction, and her interesting methods of research.Av Imagining The Past
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S8 Ep5: Imagining the Past—2024— Lauren Chater
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Lauren Chater chats with Greg Johnston about all things beautiful, including the research and writing of her new novel, The Beauties.Av Imagining The Past
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S8 Ep4: Imagining the Past—2024—Melissa Lucashenko
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Melissa Lucashenko discusses with Greg Johnston the research and writing of her novel, Edenglassie.Av Imagining The Past
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S8 Ep3: Imagining the Past—2024—Robbie Arnott
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Robbie Arnott discusses with Greg Johnston the many intricacies of writing the novel Limberlost, based on his family folklore and longlisted for the 2023 ARA Historical Novel Prize—Adult Category.Av Imagining The Past
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S8 Ep2: Imagining the Past—2024—Fiona Kelly McGregor
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Fiona Kelly McGregor discusses with Kelly Gardiner the many intricacies of writing her novel, Iris, shortlisted for the 2023 ARA Historical Novel Prize—Adult Category.Av Imagining The Past
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S8 Ep1: Imagining the Past—2024— Amelia Mellor
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Amelia Mellor discusses with Greg Johnston the intricacies of writing CYA Historical Fiction, and her novel, The Bookseller’s Apprentice, winner of the 2023 ARA Historical Novel Prize—CYA Category.Av Imagining The Past
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S7 Ep7: Imagining the Past—2023—Thomas Keneally
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Thomas Keneally discusses his long literary career with Greg Johnston, and his novel, Corporal Hitler’s Pistol, which won the 2022 ARA Historical Novel Prize—Adult CategoryAv Imagining The Past
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S7 Ep6: Imagining the Past—2023—Claire Saxby
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Claire Saxby discusses with Greg Johnston the intricacies of writing CYA Historical Fiction, and her novel, The Wearing of the Green, shortlisted for the 2022 ARA Historical Novel Prize—CYA Category.Av Imagining The Past
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S7 Ep5: Imagining the Past—2023—Robyn Mundy
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In this warm discussion, Robyn Mundy takes us to chilly Svalbard in the Norwegian archipelago to discuss her 2022 ARA Historical Novel Prize, short-listed, Cold Coast.Av Imagining The Past
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S7 Ep4: Imagining the Past—2023— Monty Soutar
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Monty Soutar is an historian and author writing a trilogy— Kāwai—which tells the history of New Zealand through nine successive generations of a Maori family. With Greg Johnston, he discusses the particular features and challenges of this writing.Av Imagining The Past
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S7 Ep3: Imagining the Past—2023—Robyn Cadwallader
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In this discussion, Robyn Cadwallader tells of her writing process, the research of Medieval England, and the making of myths.Av Imagining The Past
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S7 Ep2: Imagining the Past—2023—Brian Falkner
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Brian Falkner discusses his YA series, Kapito Joe—Blitzkrieg, Spycraft and Wolf’s Lair with Greg Johnston, exploring the slings and arrows of the research, planning and writing of the series.Av Imagining The Past
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S7 Ep1: Imagining the Past—2023—Geraldine Brooks
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Geraldine Brooks discusses her latest novel, Horse, with Greg Johnston, delving into many of the technical decisions taken to write this complex novel.Av Imagining The Past
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S6 Ep9: Imagining the Past—Summer/Autumn Season—2023— Midwives, Storytellers and Witches: Wise Women in History. Kate Murdoch discusses with Karen Brooks, Melissa Ashley, Lauren Chater
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Kate Murdoch chats with Karen Brooks, Melissa Ashley and Lauren Chater of Midwives, Storytellers and Witches: Wise Women in HistoryAv Imagining The Past
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S6 Ep8: Imagining the Past—Summer/Autumn Season—2023— Nadine Davidoff IN CONVERSATION WITH Mandy Brett, Jamila Khodja and Kate Lloyd
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The Inside Story: A Novel’s Journey through a Publishing House. Nadine Davidoff discusses with Mandy Brett, Jamila Khodja and Kate LloydAv Imagining The Past
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S6 Ep7: Imagining the Past—Summer/Autumn Season—2023— PAULA MORRIS IN CONVERSATION WITH JULIE JANSON AND CASSANDRA PYBUS
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Paula Morris discussed with Julie Janson and Cassandra Pybus, the idea that History is written by the victors. But when such accounts are challenged, who then gets to define history in the context of a shared past?Av Imagining The Past
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S6 Ep6: Imagining the Past—Summertime Season—2023— RICHARD LEE IN CONVERSATION WITH BEN KANE AND COLIN FALCONER
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Richard Lee, founder of the Historical Novel Society, joins international bestselling authors, Ben Kane and Colin Falconer to discuss how these authors approach writing epic novels, and the challenges encountered in finding new angles to depict stories within well traversed eras of history.Av Imagining The Past
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S6 Ep5: Imagining the Past—Summertime Season—2023—JACKIE BALLANTYNE IN CONVERSATION WITH ROSALIE HAM AND KAYTE NUNN
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Jackie Ballantyne explores how each author approaches common themes of revenge, love, betrayal, isolation and treachery from these very different perspectives.Av Imagining The Past
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S6 Ep4: Imagining the Past—Summertime Season—2023— WRITING THE OTHER: REPRESENTATION, APPROPRIATION AND RESPECTFUL RESEARCH
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Renee Otmar discusses Writing the Other with Rachel Bin Saleh, Tim Darcy Ellis and Indrani Ganguly why questions of representation and appropriation matter, and whether respectful research is the answer to successfully ‘writing the other’.Av Imagining The Past
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S6 Ep3: Imagining the Past—Summertime Season—2023—Stephen Romei in conversation with Steven Carroll and Pip Williams.
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Stephen Romei speaks with Pip Williams and Steven Carroll to tease out the intersections within their novels of hidden women’s histories.Av Imagining The Past
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S6 Ep2: Imagining the Past—Summertime Season—2023—Jenny Quinlan in conversation with Kate Forsyth and Kate Quinn.
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HNSNA Chair Jenny Quinlan in conversation with Kate Forsyth and Kate Quinn.Av Imagining The Past
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S6 Ep1: Imagining the Past—Summertime Season—2023—Geraldine Brooks
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HNSA Chair Elisabeth Storrs in discussion with Geraldine Brooks. Geraldine Brooks’ first historical novel, Year of Wonders, has proved to be a portent of a world in lockdown. Her subsequent novels have restored or reimagined many lost histories. Elisabeth Storrs, HNSA Chair, explores the HNSA 2021 conference theme with Geraldine by discussing these…
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S5 Ep6: Imagining the Past—2022—Kim Kelly
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Kim Kelly discusses her latest novel, The Rat Catcher: A Love Story, with Greg Johnston, delving into technical decisions around Point of View and Voice, sensitivities required writing Australian History, and her long publishing history.Av Imagining The Past
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S5 Ep5: Imagining the Past—2022—Stephanie Parkyn
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Stephanie Parkyn discusses her latest novel, The Freedom of Birds with Greg Johnston, delving into research, technical decisions, and an antipodean writing about Europe.Av Imagining The Past
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S5 Ep4: Imagining the Past—2022—Felice Arena
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Felice Arena discusses with Greg Johnston his path to CYA Historical Fiction and his latest novel, The Unstoppable Flying Flanagan.Av Imagining The Past
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S5 Ep3: Imaging the Past—2022—Anita Heiss
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Anita Heiss discusses her landmark and groundbreaking novel, Bila Yarrudhanggalangdhuray—River of Dreams—shortlisted for the 2021 ARA Historical Novel Prize—with Greg Johnston.Av Imagining The Past
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S5 Ep2: Imagining the Past—2022—Katrina Nannestad
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Katrina Nannestad, winner of the 2021 ARA HISTORICAL NOVEL PRIZE—CYA CATEGORY, discusses We are Wolves with Greg Johnston, and the challenges of writing CYA Historical Fiction.Av Imagining The Past
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S5 Ep1: Imagining the Past—2022—Jock Serong
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Jock Serong, winner of the 2021 ARA HISTORICAL NOVEL PRIZE—ADULT CATEGORY, discusses The Burning Island with Greg Johnston, and some of the challenges of writing his series set in the Furneaux Group of islands.Av Imagining The Past
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S4 Ep6: Imagining the Past—2021—Pip Williams
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Pip Williams discusses The Dictionary of Lost Words with Greg Johnston and they gather up stories about her writing process and some of her choices.Av Imagining The Past
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S4 Ep5: Imagining the Past—2021—Steven Conte
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Steven Conte speaks about planning and executing The Tolstoy Estate (2020), writing ‘behind the enemy lines’, the risks of shaking up a novel’s structure, and the Gurya Ghost and the Little Boy Lost with Greg Johnston.Av Imagining The Past
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S4 Ep4: Imagining the Past—2021—Susanne Gervey
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CYA author Susanne Gervey discusses her new time-slip novel, Heroes of the Secret Underground, migration, sculpting stories from WWII for CYA, and Pálinka with Greg JohnstonAv Imagining The Past
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S4 Ep3: Imagining the Past—2021—Julie Janson
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Julie Janson is a Burruberongal woman of Darug nation. She discusses her recent novel, Benevolence, the challenges of writing First Nation's Historical Fiction, and of First Nation's writers finding publishers with Greg Johnston.Av Imagining The Past
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S4 Ep2: Imagining the Past—2021—Sienna Brown
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Shortlisted for the inaugural ARA Historical Fiction Prize 2020, author Sienna Brown discusses writing, multifaceted research, constructing Jamaican patois, and Master of My Fate with Greg Johnston.Av Imagining The Past
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S4 Ep1: Imagining the Past—2021—Mirandi Riwoe
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Author and inaugural winner of the ARA Historical Fiction Prize 2020 Mirandi Riwoe discusses writing, research, gender-bending, sea-cucumbers and Stone Sky Gold Mountain with Greg Johnston.Av Imagining The Past
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S3 Ep14: Imagining the Past-HNSA2019-A French Affair: In conversation with Kate Forsyth and Natasha Lester
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Imagining the Past’s new season features live recorded sessions from the 2019 HNSA conference brought to you by our host, Greg Johnston. Our fourteenth episode explores the allure of France has often inspired historical novelists to conjure the romance and tumult of its history. Kate Forsyth’s latest novel, The Blue Rose, transports the reader to t…
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S3 Ep13: Imagining the Past-HNSA2019-The Things We Don’t Know: research challenges across eras
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Imagining the Past’s new season features live recorded sessions from the 2019 HNSA conference brought to you by our host, Greg Johnston. Our episode thirteenth explores the challenges faced in researching pre-history when there are no written records? How do you approach interpreting Middle Age chronicles? Or choose between a plethora of conflictin…
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S3 Ep12: Imagining the Past-HNSA2019-History and Mystery: weaving a web of truth and lies in detective fiction
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Imagining the Past’s new season features live recorded sessions from the 2019 HNSA conference brought to you by our host, Greg Johnston. Our twelfth episode explores History and Mystery: weaving a web of truth and lies in detective fiction. Writing historical crime fiction is like a treasure hunt for authors who dig up nuggets from the past to recr…
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S3 Ep11: Imagining the Past-HNSA2019-The Silver Screen: scriptwriting and adaptations
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Imagining the Past’s new season features live recorded sessions from the 2019 HNSA conference brought to you by our host, Greg Johnston. Our eleventh episode explores the silver screen: scriptwriting and adaptations. More and more historical novels are being adapted for screen with lavish production values and high profile stars. What is the secret…
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S3 Ep10: Imagining the Past-HNSA2019-Walking Side by Side: collaboration between historical novelist and historian
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Imagining the Past’s new season features live recorded sessions from the 2019 HNSA conference brought to you by our host, Greg Johnston. Our tenth episode explores Parramatta, the second penal settlement established in Australia. When Thomas Keneally and Meg Keneally decided to set their Monsarratt detective series there, Meg sought the assistance …
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S3 Ep9: Imagining the Past-HNSA2019-Survival of the fittest: challenging interior and exterior landscapes
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Imagining the Past’s new season features live recorded sessions from the 2019 HNSA conference brought to you by our host, Greg Johnston. Our ninth episode explores the survival of the fittest: challenging interior and exterior landscapes. A stark Australian landscape is both menacing and beautiful in Rachel Leary’s Bridget Crack with a protagonist …
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S3 Ep8: Imagining the Past-HNSA2019-George and Georgette: Regency madness and inspiration
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Imagining the Past’s new season features live recorded sessions from the 2019 HNSA conference brought to you by our host, Greg Johnston. Our eighth episode explores Regency madness and inspiration. The Regency period lasted a mere nine years while Prince Regent George ruled as his temporarily mad father’s proxy. The glamour and charm of the era has…
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S3 Ep7: Imagining the Past-HNSA2019-In conversation with Nicole Alexander and Ella Carey
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Imagining the Past’s new season features live recorded sessions from the 2019 HNSA conference brought to you by our host, Greg Johnston. Our seventh episode is a personal history session: In conversation with Nicole Alexander and Ella Carey. Nicole Alexander writes sweeping epics evoking the grandeur of Australian landscapes, the hardships of rural…
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S3 Ep6: Imagining the Past-HNSA2019-We Need to Talk about Bette and Joan: writing about famous figures
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Imagining the Past’s new season features live recorded sessions from the 2019 HNSA conference brought to you by our host, Greg Johnston. Our sixth episode talks of Bette and Joan. Elizabeth I and Joan of Arc have been the subjects of countless books, engendering myth, obsession, and various interpretations of their lives. Linda Funnell asks Jane Ca…
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S3 Ep5: Imagining the Past-HNSA2019-The Feminine Mystique: Writing strong female protagonists
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Imagining the Past’s new season features live recorded sessions from the 2019 HNSA conference brought to you by our host, Greg Johnston. Our fifth episode explores The Feminine Mystique. Ensuring a female protagonist’s thoughts and actions remain true to the norms of by-gone eras and cultures causes headaches for writers – and readers. How does an …
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S3 Ep4: Imagining the Past-HNSA2019-Intertwining Lives Revealed: the mystery in parallel narratives
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Imagining the Past’s new season features live recorded sessions from the 2019 HNSA conference brought to you by our host, Greg Johnston. Our fourth episode explores parallel narratives. Interlocking stories crossing different eras have been used to great effect in historical novels. What plot devices do authors use to trace the connections between …
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S3 Ep3: Imagining the Past-HNSA2019- I am a Camera: exploring the nuance of point of view
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Imagining the Past’s new season features live recorded sessions from the 2019 HNSA conference brought to you by our host, Greg Johnston. Our third episode explores point of view. When starting to write, deciding which type of point of view will be exploited is a significant decision with far-reaching consequences. Who knows what? Who sees what? How…
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S3 Ep2: Imagining the Past-HNSA2019-It’s Academic: the value of writing degrees
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Imagining the Past’s new season features live recorded sessions from the 2019 HNSA conference brought to you by our host, Greg Johnston. Our second episode explores Creative writing postgraduate degrees which have become increasingly popular in the last decade. Associate Professor Sara Knox (WSU) talks to Dr Jesse Blackadder, Dr Rachel le Rossignol…
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S3 Ep1: Imagining the Past-HNSA2019-Dispossession and Betrayal
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Imagining the Past’s new season features live recorded sessions from the 2019 HNSA conference brought to you by our host, Greg Johnston. Our first episode explores Dispossession and Betrayal: Recovering the Erased history of First Nations. Indigenous writers, Madison Shakespeare and Lisa Chaplin, discuss with Maori writer and academic, Dr Paula Mor…
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S2 Ep6: Imagining the Past - Alison Goodman
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Our final episode for this season features a queen of historical fantasy, Alison Goodman, author of seven novels including her award-winning Lady Helen Regency supernatural trilogy. Alison talks with host Kelly Gardiner about combining fantasy elements in a meticulously researched historical story.Av Imagining The Past
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