The Writer's Room: Conversations About Writing

Charlotte Wood's acclaimed interviews with a wide range of well-known writers in her online magazine The Writer's Room Interviews have become essential reading for writers at all stages of their careers, and also pure reading pleasure for all book-lovers.

The interviews range in topic from the subject matter of the writers' work to quite intricate — and intimate — revelations about the ways in which they approach their craft. Charlotte's subjects are generous, fascinating and frank about the failures and successes, and struggles and joys of the writing life.

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"There's never an issue that doesn't provide an insight worth bottling."

- Ailsa Piper

"As good as interviewing gets ... it feels like an unfair advantage to read them.  

- The Compulsive Reader​

"For writers, an indispensable resource; for readers, a pure pleasure.” 

- Geordie Williamson

More about ​The Writer's Room

The Writer's Room Podcast
​Charlotte interviews US author and teacher Joan Silber on character, narrative time, point of view and 'weight' in fiction.

​The Guardian
​In this article for The Guardian, Charlotte Wood writes about the process of conducting interviews for The Writer's Room; from Amanda Lohrey, author of The Morality of Gentlemen and The Labyrinth, to Christos Tsolkias, author of Barracuda and The Slap. Charlotte discusses the lessons she learnt from each of the interviews, and how they helped her through the process of writing The Natural Way of Things.

"These interviews have consistently provided me with the the best descriptions of a writer’s craft I could hope to find. Invaluable."

- Sophie Cunningham

"A valuable resource for writers, teachers and general readers intrigued by the psychology and craft of making fiction."

- The Australian

"Lets its readers eavesdrop on the best of conversations - erudite, interesting, always inspirational."

​- Ashley Hay

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