In early November, 2010, I had the pleasure of speaking with Blanche Clark at the Wheeler Centre, Melbourne, ahead of the publication in Australia, and around the world, of my third novel, The Distant Hours.
Some of the topics we covered include the writing process, research, the power of history, how to write with small children, and my mentor Herbert Davies. I also read the opening segment from The Distant Hours, in which Edie Burchill discovers a letter addressed to her mother, lost and undelivered for many years.