And it was always the stories that needed the telling that gave us the rope we could cross any river with. They balanced us high above any crevasse. They made us be natural acrobats. They made us brave. They met us well. They changed us. It was in their nature to.

The proper word for me," Robin Goodman says, "is me.

Stella Duffy is a writer who never lets you down.

It is important to know the stories and histories of things, even if all we know is that we don't know.

Do you come to art to be comforted, or do you come to art to be re-skinned?

Short stories consume you faster. They're connected to brevity. With the short story, you are up against mortality. I know how tough they are as a form, but they're also a total joy.

Every great narrative is at least two narratives, if not more - the thing that is on the surface and then the things underneath which are invisible.