Interviews

  • Libby Gleeson Interview

    By Judith | December 1, 1994

    This interview was first published in Australian Women’s Book Review in December 1994. Libby Gleeson is not just the author of numerous picture books and novels for middle year and young adult readers, she has been a true force in promoting the status of Australian children’s authors and illustrators in the wider literary community. Libby…

  • Lynne Reid Banks Interview

    By Judith | October 1, 1994

    This interview with Lynne Reid Banks was published in SCAN in October 1994,  Volume 13 Nº 4. This was one of my earliest published pieces, and when I interviewed Ms Banks, I was unaware of the controversy surrounding her depiction of Native Americans in The Indian in the Cupboard series. Ms Banks is a formidable…

  • Terry Pratchett Interview

    By Judith | July 1, 1994

    Full transcript of interview with Terry Pratchett in 1994. The interview formed the basis of a “Meet the Author” feature in The School Magazine, where I was working at the time of the interview. _________________ Given the success the Discworld books have had with younger readers, in my experience, particularly boys around 12, 13 years…