Imagining The Past
The Imagining the Past podcast series features authors appearing at the Historical Novel Society Australasia biennial conferences or have been recognised in our $100,000 ARA Historical Novel Prize. Our hosts, Kelly Gardiner and Greg Johnston, discuss researching, writing and publishing historical fiction with acclaimed writers of the genre in its many forms from crime to fantasy to literary fiction, set in eras stretching from ancient times to the Swinging Sixties, and for readers of all ages. Selected sessions from the HNSA 2019 biennial conference are also featured. Subscribe to our newsletter via the HNSA website for updates on the HNSA 2021 Virtual Conference on 22-24 October 2021, and the ARA Historical Novel Prize. #writing #history #historicalfiction #fiction #books #podcast Our hosts Greg (G.S. )Johnston is the author of three historical novels – Sweet Bitter Cane (2019), The Cast of a Hand (2015), and The Skin of Water (2012), and a fourth novel set in contemporary Hong Kong, Consumption (2011). After completing a degree in pharmacy, a year in Italy re-ignited his passion for writing and he completed a Bachelor of Arts degree in English Literature. Feeling the need for a broader canvas, he started writing short stories and novels. He is the Treasurer of HNSA. Kelly Gardiner writes historical fiction for all ages. Her latest series is The Firewatcher Chronicles. Her other books include Goddess, based on the life of Mademoiselle de Maupin; 1917: Australia’s Great War, shortlisted for the NSW Premier’s Young People’s History Prize and Asher Award; the Swashbuckler pirate trilogy; and a picture book, Billabong Bill’s Bushfire Christmas. Her young adult novels Act of Faith and The Sultan’s Eyes, were both shortlisted for the NSW Premier’s Literary Awards, while Act of Faith was shortlisted for the ASA’s Barbara Jefferis Award. A former journalist, Kelly teaches creative writing at La Trobe University.Podcasts
S7 Ep7: Imagining the Past2023Thomas Keneally
Published: Oct. 17, 2023, 7 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 11 minutes 8 seconds
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S7 Ep6: Imagining the Past2023Claire Saxby
Published: Oct. 10, 2023, 7 p.m.Duration: 31 minutes 28 seconds
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S7 Ep5: Imagining the Past2023Robyn Mundy
Published: Sept. 18, 2023, 11 p.m.Duration: 38 minutes 4 seconds
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S7 Ep4: Imagining the Past2023 Monty Soutar
Published: Aug. 29, 2023, 8 p.m.Duration: 40 minutes
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S7 Ep3: Imagining the Past2023Robyn Cadwallader
Published: Aug. 15, 2023, 8 p.m.Duration: 54 minutes 22 seconds
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S7 Ep2: Imagining the Past2023Brian Falkner
Published: July 25, 2023, 8 p.m.Duration: 40 minutes 19 seconds
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S7 Ep1: Imagining the Past2023Geraldine Brooks
Published: July 18, 2023, 8 p.m.Duration: 45 minutes 12 seconds
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S6 Ep9: Imagining the PastSummer/Autumn Season2023 Midwives, Storytellers and Witches: Wise Women in History. Kate Murdoch discusses with Karen Brooks, Melissa Ashley, Lauren Chater
Published: June 13, 2023, 9:27 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 34 seconds
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S6 Ep8: Imagining the PastSummer/Autumn Season2023 Nadine Davidoff IN CONVERSATION WITH Mandy Brett, Jamila Khodja and Kate Lloyd
Published: June 6, 2023, 8:37 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 1 minute 27 seconds
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S6 Ep7: Imagining the PastSummer/Autumn Season2023 PAULA MORRIS IN CONVERSATION WITH JULIE JANSON AND CASSANDRA PYBUS
Published: May 30, 2023, 1 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 2 minutes 26 seconds
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S6 Ep6: Imagining the PastSummertime Season2023 RICHARD LEE IN CONVERSATION WITH BEN KANE AND COLIN FALCONER
Published: March 17, 2023, 12:58 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 2 minutes 5 seconds
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S6 Ep5: Imagining the PastSummertime Season2023JACKIE BALLANTYNE IN CONVERSATION WITH ROSALIE HAM AND KAYTE NUNN
Published: March 7, 2023, 4:28 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 2 minutes 42 seconds
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S6 Ep4: Imagining the PastSummertime Season2023 WRITING THE OTHER: REPRESENTATION, APPROPRIATION AND RESPECTFUL RESEARCH
Published: Feb. 22, 2023, 7 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 3 minutes 13 seconds
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S6 Ep3: Imagining the PastSummertime Season2023Stephen Romei in conversation with Steven Carroll and Pip Williams.
Published: Feb. 15, 2023, 8:51 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 2 minutes 15 seconds
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S6 Ep2: Imagining the PastSummertime Season2023Jenny Quinlan in conversation with Kate Forsyth and Kate Quinn.
Published: Feb. 8, 2023, 2:32 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 55 seconds
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S6 Ep1: Imagining the PastSummertime Season2023Geraldine Brooks
Published: Jan. 27, 2023, 2:02 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 1 minute 34 seconds
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S5 Ep6: Imagining the Past2022Kim Kelly
Published: Oct. 25, 2022, 7 p.m.Duration: 54 minutes 47 seconds
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S5 Ep5: Imagining the Past2022Stephanie Parkyn
Published: Oct. 18, 2022, 7 p.m.Duration: 38 minutes 4 seconds
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S5 Ep4: Imagining the Past2022Felice Arena
Published: Oct. 11, 2022, 7 p.m.Duration: 36 minutes 41 seconds
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S5 Ep3: Imaging the Past2022Anita Heiss
Published: Oct. 4, 2022, 7 p.m.Duration: 43 minutes 54 seconds
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S5 Ep2: Imagining the Past2022Katrina Nannestad
Published: Sept. 27, 2022, 8 p.m.Duration: 35 minutes 55 seconds
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S5 Ep1: Imagining the Past2022Jock Serong
Published: Sept. 20, 2022, 8 p.m.Duration: 42 minutes 30 seconds
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S4 Ep6: Imagining the Past2021Pip Williams
Published: Oct. 4, 2021, 7 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 1 minute 6 seconds
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S4 Ep5: Imagining the Past2021Steven Conte
Published: Sept. 27, 2021, 8 p.m.Duration: 44 minutes 22 seconds
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S4 Ep4: Imagining the Past2021Susanne Gervey
Published: Sept. 6, 2021, 8 p.m.Duration: 42 minutes 29 seconds
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S4 Ep3: Imagining the Past2021Julie Janson
Published: Aug. 30, 2021, 8 p.m.Duration: 32 minutes 3 seconds
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S4 Ep2: Imagining the Past2021Sienna Brown
Published: Aug. 23, 2021, 8 p.m.Duration: 50 minutes 34 seconds
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S4 Ep1: Imagining the Past2021Mirandi Riwoe
Published: Aug. 16, 2021, 8 p.m.Duration: 44 minutes 13 seconds
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S3 Ep14: Imagining the Past-HNSA2019-A French Affair: In conversation with Kate Forsyth and Natasha Lester
Published: Oct. 4, 2020, 1:30 a.m.Duration: 37 minutes 2 seconds
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14: Imagining the Past-HNSA2019-A French Affair: In conversation with Kate Forsyth and Natasha Lester
Published: Oct. 4, 2020, 1:30 a.m.Duration: 37 minutes 2 seconds
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S3 Ep13: Imagining the Past-HNSA2019-The Things We Dont Know: research challenges across eras
Published: Sept. 27, 2020, 2:30 a.m.Duration: 40 minutes 45 seconds
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13: Imagining the Past-HNSA2019-The Things We Don’t Know: research challenges across eras
Published: Sept. 27, 2020, 2:30 a.m.Duration: 40 minutes 45 seconds
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S3 Ep12: Imagining the Past-HNSA2019-History and Mystery: weaving a web of truth and lies in detective fiction
Published: Sept. 20, 2020, 2:30 a.m.Duration: 37 minutes 31 seconds
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12: Imagining the Past-HNSA2019-History and Mystery: weaving a web of truth and lies in detective fiction
Published: Sept. 20, 2020, 2:30 a.m.Duration: 37 minutes 31 seconds
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S3 Ep11: Imagining the Past-HNSA2019-The Silver Screen: scriptwriting and adaptations
Published: Sept. 13, 2020, 2:30 a.m.Duration: 31 minutes 57 seconds
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11: Imagining the Past-HNSA2019-The Silver Screen: scriptwriting and adaptations
Published: Sept. 13, 2020, 2:30 a.m.Duration: 31 minutes 57 seconds
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S3 Ep10: Imagining the Past-HNSA2019-Walking Side by Side: collaboration between historical novelist and historian
Published: Sept. 6, 2020, 2:30 a.m.Duration: 43 minutes 11 seconds
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10: Imagining the Past-HNSA2019-Walking Side by Side: collaboration between historical novelist and historian
Published: Sept. 6, 2020, 2:30 a.m.Duration: 43 minutes 11 seconds
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S3 Ep9: Imagining the Past-HNSA2019-Survival of the fittest: challenging interior and exterior landscapes
Published: Aug. 30, 2020, 2:30 a.m.Duration: 45 minutes
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9: Imagining the Past-HNSA2019-Survival of the fittest: challenging interior and exterior landscapes
Published: Aug. 30, 2020, 2:30 a.m.Duration: 45 minutes
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S3 Ep8: Imagining the Past-HNSA2019-George and Georgette: Regency madness and inspiration
Published: Aug. 23, 2020, 2:30 a.m.Duration: 37 minutes 27 seconds
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8: Imagining the Past-HNSA2019-George and Georgette: Regency madness and inspiration
Published: Aug. 23, 2020, 2:30 a.m.Duration: 37 minutes 27 seconds
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S3 Ep7: Imagining the Past-HNSA2019-In conversation with Nicole Alexander and Ella Carey
Published: Aug. 16, 2020, 2:30 a.m.Duration: 40 minutes 56 seconds
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7: Imagining the Past-HNSA2019-In conversation with Nicole Alexander and Ella Carey
Published: Aug. 16, 2020, 2:30 a.m.Duration: 40 minutes 56 seconds
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S3 Ep6: Imagining the Past-HNSA2019-We Need to Talk about Bette and Joan: writing about famous figures
Published: Aug. 9, 2020, 2:30 a.m.Duration: 43 minutes
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6: Imagining the Past-HNSA2019-We Need to Talk about Bette and Joan: writing about famous figures
Published: Aug. 9, 2020, 2:30 a.m.Duration: 43 minutes
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S3 Ep5: Imagining the Past-HNSA2019-The Feminine Mystique: Writing strong female protagonists
Published: Aug. 2, 2020, 2:30 a.m.Duration: 41 minutes 29 seconds
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5: Imagining the Past-HNSA2019-The Feminine Mystique: Writing strong female protagonists
Published: Aug. 2, 2020, 2:30 a.m.Duration: 41 minutes 29 seconds
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S3 Ep4: Imagining the Past-HNSA2019-Intertwining Lives Revealed: the mystery in parallel narratives
Published: July 26, 2020, 2:30 a.m.Duration: 37 minutes 55 seconds
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4: Imagining the Past-HNSA2019-Intertwining Lives Revealed: the mystery in parallel narratives
Published: July 26, 2020, 2:30 a.m.Duration: 37 minutes 55 seconds
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S3 Ep3: Imagining the Past-HNSA2019- I am a Camera: exploring the nuance of point of view
Published: July 19, 2020, 2:30 a.m.Duration: 41 minutes 20 seconds
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3: Imagining the Past-HNSA2019- I am a Camera: exploring the nuance of point of view
Published: July 19, 2020, 2:30 a.m.Duration: 41 minutes 20 seconds
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S3 Ep2: Imagining the Past-HNSA2019-Its Academic: the value of writing degrees
Published: July 11, 2020, 7:17 p.m.Duration: 36 minutes 37 seconds
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2: Imagining the Past-HNSA2019-It’s Academic: the value of writing degrees
Published: July 11, 2020, 7:17 p.m.Duration: 36 minutes 37 seconds
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S3 Ep1: Imagining the Past-HNSA2019-Dispossession and Betrayal
Published: July 2, 2020, 3:15 p.m.Duration: 39 minutes 46 seconds
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1: Imagining the Past-HNSA2019-Dispossession and Betrayal
Published: July 2, 2020, 3:15 p.m.Duration: 39 minutes 46 seconds
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S2 Ep6: Imagining the Past - Alison Goodman
Published: Oct. 21, 2019, 10:15 a.m.Duration: 44 minutes 5 seconds
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6: Imagining the Past - Alison Goodman
Published: Oct. 21, 2019, 10:15 a.m.Duration: 44 minutes 5 seconds
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S2 Ep5: Imagining the Past - Nicole Alexander
Published: Sept. 28, 2019, 6:49 a.m.Duration: 37 minutes 42 seconds
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5: Imagining the Past - Nicole Alexander
Published: Sept. 28, 2019, 6:49 a.m.Duration: 37 minutes 42 seconds
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4: Imagining the Past - Catherine Jinks
Published: Sept. 15, 2019, 8:42 a.m.Duration: 29 minutes 9 seconds
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S2 Ep4: Imagining the Past - Catherine Jinks
Published: Sept. 15, 2019, 8:42 a.m.Duration: 29 minutes 9 seconds
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3: Imagining the Past - David Whish-Wilson
Published: Sept. 8, 2019, 1:03 a.m.Duration: 40 minutes 25 seconds
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S2 Ep3: Imagining the Past - David Whish-Wilson
Published: Sept. 8, 2019, 1:03 a.m.Duration: 40 minutes 25 seconds
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2: Imagining the Past - Pamela Hart
Published: Aug. 26, 2019, 10:58 a.m.Duration: 40 minutes 37 seconds
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S2 Ep2: Imagining the Past - Pamela Hart
Published: Aug. 26, 2019, 10:58 a.m.Duration: 40 minutes 37 seconds
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1: Imagining the Past - Jackie French
Published: Aug. 3, 2019, 11:09 a.m.Duration: 45 minutes 1 second
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S2 Ep1: Imagining the Past - Jackie French
Published: Aug. 3, 2019, 11:09 a.m.Duration: 45 minutes 1 second
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Imagining the Past - Catherine Padmore & Kelly Gardiner
Published: Aug. 13, 2017, 12:34 p.m.Duration: 30 minutes 23 seconds
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Imagining the Past - Ngahuia te Awekotuku & Deborah Challinor
Published: July 30, 2017, 10 p.m.Duration: 33 minutes 14 seconds
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Imagining the Past - Lucy Treloar
Published: July 9, 2017, 10:48 p.m.Duration: 33 minutes 30 seconds
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Imagining the Past - Kate Forsyth
Published: July 6, 2017, 10 p.m.Duration: 33 minutes 12 seconds
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Imagining the Past - Sulari Gentill and Robert Gott
Published: June 29, 2017, 10:15 p.m.Duration: 40 minutes 1 second
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Imagining The Past - Sophie Masson
Published: June 16, 2017, 9:09 p.m.Duration: 31 minutes 17 seconds
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