What I Wrote
What I Wrote is a TV series broadcast on ABCTV 1 in Australia.[1]
The series focuses on Australian writers talking about their work. They are interviewed and presented by Dr. Tess Brady.[2]
The first series broadcast on ABC TV 1 in February 2010. The second series broadcast from mid October 2010.
Series 1 Episodes
Joanna Murray-Smith discusses the power of words in Nightfall
Joanna Murray-Smith explores love, identity and belonging in Honour
Louis Nowra talks about shedding the misconceptions of childhood in Radiance
Louis Nowra discusses art and claims it should not be relevant in Cosi
Hannie Rayson explores family and identity in Inheritance
Hannie Rayson discusses the relationship between art and personal story in Hotel Sorrento
David Williamson shows how sport reflects society in The Club
David Williamson discusses failed dreams in Don’s Party
Andrew Bovell explores the intersections of story in the Lantana series
Andrew Bovell discusses recurring patterns of family and global histories in When the Rain Stops Falling
Series 2 Episodes
Jack Hibberd talks about bringing down the forth wall in Dimboola
Jack Hibberd discusses the existential clown in A Stretch of the Imagination
Debra Oswald explores the ugly ducking story underlying Dags
Debra Oswald talks about the relationship of a father and daughter in Mr Bailey’s Minder
Matt Cameron discusses the dark side of suburbia in Ruby Moon
Matt Cameron explores the nature of indifference in Tear from a Glass Eye
Katherine Thomson talks about our relationship to land and history in Wonderlands
Katherine Thomson discusses the end of old style unionism in Harbour
Ray Lawler talks about writing Australia onto the stage in Summer of the Seventeenth Doll
Ray Lawler talks about becoming a playwright in Finding a Way