'Magdalena McGuire plumbs the surreal and the mundane in her debut short story collection on the peculiar nature of maternal caregiving.'
'Each month we celebrate an Australian debut release of fiction or non-fiction in the Kill Your Darlings Debut Spotlight feature. For October that debut is The Modern by Anna Kate Blair (Simon & Schuster), a brilliantly wry and insightful debut about art, sexuality, commitment and whether being on the right path can lead to the wrong place. We spoke to Anna about her publishing journey and writing practice.' (Introduction)
'Our friendship deepened in both the real world and the imagined worlds of our writing. Nearly five years after her death, I still find myself holding grief, hope and her only novel close.' (Introduction)
'In the quest to understand the muse of my novel, the tragic outlaw of an ancient saga, I travelled to Iceland. As I wandered through the landscape of my heroine, I faced the limits of what it means to inhabit the point of view of a character.'
