Ryan O'Neill

‘The Drover’s Wife’ was one of the first stories I read when I arrived in Australia. I was living in the bush then, in hard beautiful country, and though my difficulties were First World Problems I shared the Wife’s nostalgia for nights in comfortable hotels, reliable transport, medical services. I did admire the story, though its ...

The act of writing impedes my writing. The books I write in my head are perfect. Unfortunately, translating them onto the page ruins them.