Prolific. Hugely successful. Internationally renowned. But who is Ian Irvine? Anthony: Thank you Ian for agreeing to have a chat. Tell us briefly what your new book, The Fatal Gate is about? Ian: It’s Book 2 in my new epic fantasy trilogy called The Gates of Good and Evil. Book 1, The Summon Stone, was published last year, and began the sequel to my epic fantasy quartet The View from the Mirror which was published almost 20 years ago. The story begins with Sulien, a nine-y

'Honest exploration of the human psyche... brash and unapologetic.' Poet Dominic Kirwan Dominic Kirwan Thanks for coming along to chat. I've been a big fan of yours for quite a while now. Let's talk about your new book, Put a Smile on that Face. What can people expect to find? Irreverent mayhem. Black humour. Social satire. Bleak navel gazing chunks of self deprecating chaos. Twisted tales of love lost and won. Surreal fables of microwave soup and other such mind altering ban

Part Two – Parenthood, nits and Tom Hardy. Anthony: Do you think it's difficult being an artist in Australia? Sofie: I can really only speak for myself. I mean, I was an actor for a long time and that was pretty difficult. You’ve got to be resourceful. And I was unemployed. I didn't have the dream acting work that I wanted. That was pretty difficult for a long time. But I should be speaking politically, really, shouldn't I? About what it's like for other people