Ep5: A White Glove Act
How do historical novelists mix research and imagination to bring stories to life? Do they get anxious about wading into academic turf? To investigate these questions, Clare and Yves chat to Jock Serong, award-winning novelist and author of Preservation—a captivating thriller based on the true story of a shipwreck in colonial Australia. Jock reflects on the archive of human character he encountered in his former life as a lawyer, shares tales of battling his editor over animal-skin water carriers, and confesses a secret love of Google Earth.
Clare Wright, Jock Serong and Yves Rees
References
Jock Serong’s Publisher Page
Jock Serong, Preservation (Text, 2018)
Follow Jock Serong on Twitter @jockserong
Further Reading
Inga Clendinnen, The History Question? Who Owns the Past, Quarterly Essay no. 23 (2006)
Kate Grenville, The Secret River (Text, 2005)
Bruce Pascoe, Dark Emu (Magabala, 2014)
Bill Gammage, The Biggest Estate on Earth (Allen & Unwin, 2012)
Mark McKenna, From the Edge: Australia’s Lost Histories (The Miegunyah Press, 2016)
Gracce Karskens, The Colony (Allen & Unwin, 2010)
Tom Griffiths, The Art of Time Travel (Black Inc, 2017)