Interviews

Celebrating 85 years! Let’s look back with a critical eye—and look forward with renewed curiosity. What has publication in Meanjin meant for some of our finest writers? How has their practice developed, how has Australia evolved, and how does that ...

In a biography, there’s an entire life to tell, and the Dismissal was a relatively small part, albeit probably the most important part politically in Whitlam’s life ...

The inclination to explain is less than ever, which is why I’m full of hope when I see a baby, as they might be the best critic or reader, able to understand without any trite explanations ...

I do wear many hats, mainly because I’ve had no other choice. That’s just the nature of being forcibly marginalised in Australia ...

I’m not going to assert that somehow some part of me is infinite, but I’ve found no evidence to the contrary yet ...

I am very conscious of the ways writers can disrupt that rhythm deliberately, to make an effect or impact on the reader ...

Writing about architecture is so important. Architecture frames our lives, and yet the work of designers, architects and planners isn’t well understood, and there’s so little writing about it, and so little understanding of the agency we all have in ...

Let’s talk about the politics of pride in your work, and in our community more broadly: pride in our work, pride in our identity, and pride in our culture ...

MEANJIN Hello, John, and thanks so much for taking part in this interview. As a long-time contributor to Meanjin across many forms—from poetry to essays and fiction—it’s wonderful to be able to delve into your work more deeply. I’d like ...

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This interview was conducted in reverse: after agreeing to be interviewed for Meanjin, Juan Marse handed over his answers, challenging John William Wilkinson to invent the questions. Wilkinson then translated the result ...

This interview was translated by John William Wilkinson, with additional translation by Elvira Quintana ...

When I was a kid in Melbourne in the early seventies, I visited the Jigsaw Factory in Bridge Road, Richmond, most Saturday mornings. The factory was started by Bruce Weatherhead and Alex Stitt’s graphic design firm Weatherhead & Stitt. They ...