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'Across nearly five decades, Richard Glover and Debra Oswald have been spinning the stuff of everyday life – family dynamics, growing pains, relationships, the ever-amusing escapades of kids, pets, grandchildren and in-laws – into stories for page, stage, screen and airwaves. For Debra, those stories take the form of incisive and sharply observed drama and fiction, from novels and award-winning plays to her smash-hit TV show Offspring, which lured more than a million viewers for its 2013 finale. For Richard, it’s real life that delivers the entertainment goods: his long-running humour column, daily radio show and non-fiction books such as the bestselling The Land Before Avocado find levity and insight in seemingly ordinary moments.
'These two seasoned storytellers also happen to be a couple, and each has been there for the creative triumphs and tribulations of the other. In this conversation, which has been lightly edited and condensed, Debra and Richard talk to Griffith Review Editor Carody Culver about the emotional acrobatics of writing for a living – and living with a writer.' (Introduction)
