MJ Hyland’s short video interview with The Wheeler Centre on the
question of whether or not creative writing can be taught:
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Video interview - Can creative writing be taught?
Tuesday, January 26th, 2010Interview with Vulpes Libris
Tuesday, January 26th, 2010Vulpes 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, 2009Maria 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, 2009Maria 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, 2009Maria 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, 2009There’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, 2009Maria 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, 2009There’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, 2009Maria 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, 2009Maria 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 [...]