Interviews Archives - Katherine Dolan Writes

Talia Marshall on Whaea Blue

Fiction February 28, 2026

Talia Marshall's debut book Whaea Blue (2024) is a force of nature. Abandoning neutral expressions of praise, New Zealand's reviewers have spoken of it...

Writing a Life: Kay McKenzie Cooke’s Living Example

Interviews August 3, 2025

Kay McKenzie Cooke is a good friend and someone who I think of as embodying the writing life because she is constantly and carefully...

Craggan Dhu: Time Will Tell, an Interview with Kay McKenzie Cooke

Fiction February 24, 2021

Kay McKenzie Cooke talks about her New Zealand novel Craggan Dhu

Publishing with Unbound, an Interview with Emilia Leese

Heroes April 13, 2020

Finding a home for your book can be difficult, especially if you want readers to have that old-school sensory thrill of riffling through pages...

Braindamage, Dreams and ‘The Book’

Fiction February 25, 2021

Visionary artist and creative powerhouse Andrea Signorelli is probably best known in his native Turin as the singer, songwriter, bass player and founding member...

Interview on CLASH! podcast

Interviews February 25, 2021

Today my interview with Carl Zha and Nate Myers from CLASH! podcast became available here. I was very happy and grateful to discuss my book,...

The Comic Art of Carlos Hughes

Fiction Writing February 24, 2021

When John and I went to teach in Saudi Arabia in 2012, we thought we were heading to a cushy post in Riyadh. Instead...

Hard Yakker and Magic with Kay McKenzie Cooke

Fiction Writing February 24, 2021

Kay McKenzie Cooke is a New Zealand writer of Scottish and Maori descent who lives in Dunedin but was born in Southland, the southernmost...

Interviews

Talia Marshall on Whaea Blue

Writing a Life: Kay McKenzie Cooke’s Living Example

Touching Time With Anastasia Ames

The Tear Bottle by Annemarie Jutel