
Compulsive Reader talks with Denise O’Hagan
Denise O’Hagan reads from and talks about her poetry book The Beating Heart. This covers such things as how the book came about, the relationship

Denise O’Hagan in conversation with Audrey Molloy
Published in The Blue Nib. Audrey Molloy is an Irish poet based in Sydney. Her work has been widely published and appeared in The Blue

Mark Tredinnick in conversation with Denise O’Hagan
Mark Tredinnick’s third collection, A Gathered Distance (BirdFish), appeared in February 2020; his fourth, Walking Underwater (Pitt Street), surfaces in December. Mark’s books include The Blue Plateau and Fire Diary; his awards, an

Ivy Alvarez in conversation with Denise O’Hagan
Ivy Alvarez is the author of Diaspora: Vol. L (Paloma Press, 2019), The Everyday English Dictionary (Paekakariki Press, 2016), Disturbance (Seren, 2013), and Mortal (2006).

Robyn Rowland in Conversation with Denise O’Hagan
Robyn Rowland has 14 books, of which 11 are poetry, including Mosaics from the Map (Doire Press, Ireland 2018). Under This Saffron Sun – Safran

Judith Beveridge in conversation with Denise O’Hagan
Judith Beveridge is a Sydney-based poet and recipient of multiple awards, including the Prime Minister’s Literary Awards for Poetry (2019), the Christopher Brennan Award for

An Astráil editor Denise O’Hagan’s selection for Issue 43
Editorial for The Blue Nib, Issue 43. In selecting poetry for this Issue, I was reminded yet again of the particular form of magic that

Denise O’Hagan in conversation with Peter Boyle
Ahead of appearing in Issue 43 of The Blue Nib, Australian poet, Peter Boyle speaks to Denise O’Hagan about his early influences, the poets who

Denise O’Hagan ‘How did you come to write?’
The Write Life with Clare Morris It’s a question any writer is asked – how did you come to write in the first place? Truthfully,

An Astráil editor Denise O’Hagan’s editorial for Issue 42
Editorial for The Blue Nib, Issue 42. Our reading habits, we are told, have substantially changed during the pandemic – and that includes poetry. We

Denise O’Hagan on the depth of poetry and her selections for Issue 41
Editorial for The Blue Nib, Issue 41. The last months have been a testing time for Australia and, to a lesser extent, New Zealand. Ravaged

Denise O’Hagan reads ‘Before the party’ from her collection, ‘The Beating Heart’
From The Ink Pods, Podcast for The Blue Nib. It must have just stopped rainingWhen we arrived. The road, licked for hoursBy the quiet slap