Category: Issue Eleven Interviews
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Interview with Kate Murdoch: Challenging Societal Ideals Within the Walls of a Chateau.
By Louise Sapphira The Orange Grove allows the reader to come to their own conclusions about the characters. Kate Murdoch’s historical fiction novel, The Orange Grove, weaves a narrative of the challenges women go through in the early eighteenth century in France. The conflict is set in motion when the Duc falls in love…
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Interview with Karen Viggers: How Nature and People Merge.
Interview by Louise Sapphira The Orchardist’s Daughter shows how you can be betrayed by nature or grow in its surroundings. Karen Viggers’ latest novel The Orchardist’s Daughter reveals how coercive behaviour can exist within a family and community. Karen’s novel begins when Mikaela (Miki) and her older brother Kurt are left to their own means…
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Interview with Rachel Chen
Interview by Jill Sioson After working long, hard hours, Rachel loves to unwind with a good rom-com and escape- preferably with Matthew McConaughey. With passion and grit, Rachel looks to the future of our film industry with hope, encouraging others to enjoy the journey and to say “yes!” more often. Tell us a bit about…
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Interview with Adrian Eppel
Interview by Jill Sioson Writer, Director, Editor, and Cinematographer. Founder of AGrade Media. Adrian Eppel is a self-motivated, opportunistic, story-teller; who is never not creating. His perseverance and optimistic outlook towards his craft and the industry leaves one inspired to pursue their own passions and to be reminded that “everything will work out in…
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Interview with Christine Bell: Finding the Reality Within a Person’s Journey
Interview by Louise Sapphira A woman’s journey that shows raw honesty and courage despite her youth. Christine Bell’s No Small Shame is a novel from the point of view of a young woman, Mary, the main protagonist. Mary has the strength to take on what is thrown at her, deal with it, and see…
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Interview with Carol Major: Pulling Apart Binaries
Interview by Louise Sapphira The heartache of losing someone you love using the metaphor of war. Carol Major’s memoir The Asparagus Wars is an emotive journey about losing her talented daughter to muscular dystrophy, a daughter who was also diagnosed with bowel cancer that could not be conventionally treated. But the memoir is…