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Archive for the ‘interviews’ Category

Video interview - Can creative writing be taught?

Tuesday, January 26th, 2010

MJ Hyland’s short video interview with The Wheeler Centre on the
question of whether or not creative writing can be taught:

Interview with Vulpes Libris

Tuesday, January 26th, 2010

Vulpes Libris has published an interview with Maria.
You can read the full interview (by Lisa Glass) here.
Here’s a little taster:
LG: Yes. Your characters are young and appear to be exploring what’s what in the world. They also seem uncomfortable in their own bodies. I’m thinking of Patrick’s physical awkwardness, Lou’s emerging sexual power and tendency [...]

Writing about killers - MJ Hyland and Jeff Lindsay talk about their work

Monday, December 14th, 2009

Maria joined author Jeff Lindsay, the creator of the very popular Dexter series of crime novels (now a succesful American TV series, starring Michael Hall), at the Brisbane Writers’ Festival to discuss writing about killers.
The discussion - killing people, on paper - chaired by Richard Fidler, was aired on Australian radio and is now online [...]

MJ Hyland interviewed on Australian TV

Monday, November 16th, 2009

Maria was recently interviewed by Australian TV (ABC), and the 9minute interview is now online. In it Maria talks about her goals as a writer, the difficulties she faced when writing This is How, and gives some advice to aspiring writers. You can view the interview online here.

Video interview with Maria in Melbourne’s The Monthly

Tuesday, October 27th, 2009

Maria returned to Australia for this year’s Melbourne Writers’ Festival, and Australian magazine The Monthly has posted online the video of this extensive interview with Michael Williams, where Maria discusses her approach to writing This is How, but also to writing generally.
You can see the video online here

Video of Maria reading from This is How

Tuesday, September 1st, 2009

There’s a nice video piece in The Guardian where Maria reads from This is How, and is interviewed.
The video can be seen here
https://www.guardian.co.uk/books/video/2009/aug/21/mj-hyland-this-is-how

Interview in the Boston Globe

Monday, August 10th, 2009

Maria is interviewed in The Boston Globe, which describes This is How as ‘extraordinary’.
The full interview is online here.
Here’s a quick extract:
Q: How did Patrick Oxtby arrive in your head?
A: I read Tony Parker’s book “Life After Life: Interviews with Twelve Murderers’’ and I was struck by the case of a young man who lived [...]

Maria interviewed on BBC’s Front Row

Saturday, July 11th, 2009

There’s a good interview with Maria on BBC Radio Four’s popular arts program Front Row.
You can listen to the program online here

ABC radio interview with M.J. Hyland

Saturday, July 11th, 2009

Maria appeared recently on Australian radio channel ABC’s Book Show. The full interview is available here to listen to live, or to download

Interview in Australian Newspaper The Age

Saturday, July 11th, 2009

Maria gives a lengthy interview to the Australian newspaper The Age, in advance of her scheduled appearance at the Melbourne Writers Festival in August.
Here’s an extract from the interview, which can be read in full online:
Yet “lying” is part of the writer’s craft, surely fundamental to making fiction?
“Yes, it’s the art of persuasive lying. The [...]