Podcast appearances and mentions of caroline brothers

From Iraq and Afghanistan and news headlines today back to earlier battles in the Spanish Civil War and World War Two, the relationship between war, photography and the press has affected attitudes towards conflicts. In the annual Remembrance discussion organised in partnership with the Imperial War Museum, Free Thinking presenter Anne McElvoy's panel are: Toby Haggith Senior Curator, Department of Second World War and Mid 20th Century Conflict; Irish Iraqi artist Jananne Al-Ani, whose work explores surveillance, aerial reconnaissance and exodus after warfare; Charlie Calder-Potts, who was an official war artist with the British Army in Afghanistan 2013/14; and Caroline Brothers, author of War and Photography: A Cultural History. The Blavatnik Art, Film and Photography Galleries at IWM London include around 500 works from the museum collections including John Singer Sargent's painting Gassed, Steve McQueen's response to the 2003 war in Iraq, Queen and Country, and works by artists including Paul Nash, Laura Knight, Peter Jackson, Olive Edis and Omer Fast. Charlie Calder-Potts works with aluminium, wasli, wood panel and vellum (calf skin); combining photography, painting and drawing and has worked in Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan, Iran and Russia. Jananne Al-Ani is an Irish Iraqi artist who teaches at the University of the Arts London. Her video piece Timelines which was on display at the Towner Art Gallery Eastbourne last year and has recently been seen at the Ab-Anbar Gallery, London, explores Armistice Day 1918 in the town of al-Hindayyah in what is now modern-day Iraq. Caroline Brothers is the author of War and Photography A Cultural History. Producer: Torquil MacLeod You can find a collection of episodes exploring war and conflict on the Free Thinking programme website which include past discussions organised in partnership with the IWM.

'The writer needs mechanisms to maintain enthusiasm and minimise worry so that he can take full advantage of moments that afford the freedom to create.'The writer needs mechanisms to maintain enthusiasm and minimise worry so that he can take full advantage of those moments that afford the freedom to create. This can also change the writer, requiring mental resources.

'Interactivity has been a disaster for writers. Famously susceptible to procrastination, writers are avid for distraction. 'Interactivity, I would argue, has been a disaster for writers. Famously susceptible to procrastination, writers are avid for distraction, which the new technologies all too readily provide. The itch for stimulation is far too easily scratched with social media.

'I had to pinch myself to believe I was really speaking to audiences in the Emirates, where the new Vice Chancellor of NYU Abu Dhabi, made Hinterland the cornerstone of her inaugural address. 'I had to pinch myself to believe I was really speaking to audiences in the Emirates, where the new Vice Chancellor of NYU Abu Dhabi, made Hinterland the cornerstone of her inaugural address.

Caroline Brothers speaks with Ann Morgan about writing international stories and her roots as a foreign correspondent, the different forms of bravery involved in writing and the process of seeing your work adapted for the stage.

'Knowledge of life in these cities — that I could never have acquired without inhabiting them — surfaced in my fiction. Each gave me subjects. 'Knowledge of life in these cities — that I could never have acquired without inhabiting them — surfaced in my fiction. Each gave me subjects for my work. Sometimes though, I have to leave a city in order to write about it.

Sarah LeFanu explores the question of what name(s) to use for biographical subjects, the ongoing danger ‘of not being quite critical enough' when the subject starts to feel like a friend, and the persistent asymmetry of naming men by surname and women by first name. Caroline Brothers investigates the issue of cultural appropriation in fiction, suggesting the right way for novelists to avoid crossing that line.

'The day I learned there were people in Britain who pilfered eggs from birds on the verge of extinction, plunged me into existential despair.'The day I learned there were people in Britain who pilfered eggs from birds on the verge of extinction, for kicks, as a kind of hobby, plunged me from sorrow into existential despair. The post Caroline Brothers appeared first on The Royal Literary Fund.

'Writers don't need to be prisoners, or exiles, or even cursed by elements of their own society to feel an outsider. 'Writers don't need to be prisoners, or exiles, or even cursed by elements of their own society to feel an outsider. The biographies of writers are littered with references to feelings of distance. The post Caroline Brothers appeared first on The Royal Literary Fund.

'There was always more to marvel at. The creation of emotion. The uncanny beauty of a phrase upon the page. 'There was always more to marvel at. The creation of emotion. The uncanny beauty of a phrase upon the page. The places you went that you might never have expected to go. The post Caroline Brothers appeared first on The Royal Literary Fund.

'The writing life can be a tug-of-war between creation and procrastination; the need to produce, and the hurdles that get in the way.'In reality the writing life can be a tug-of-war between creation and procrastination; between the need to produce, and the hurdles that forever get in the way. The post Caroline Brothers appeared first on The Royal Literary Fund.

'It was when this long apprenticeship began to expose me to things that felt compelling that I truly began to write.' It was when this long apprenticeship began to expose me to things that felt compelling, and when I needed a means to explore some powerful, slow-burning questions, that I truly began to write. The post Caroline Brothers appeared first on The Royal Literary Fund.

'I often find myself drawn to novelists who are also poets, among them is Michael Ondaatje, my most constant source of inspiration.' I often find myself drawn to novelists who are also poets, among them is Michael Ondaatje, my most constant source of inspiration; books of his... travel with me to the places in which I write. The post Caroline Brothers appeared first on The Royal Literary Fund.

'Write about what you don't know. If you are setting out to write a novel, you are in it for the long haul. You better be sure you'll stay interested.' Write about what you don't know. If you are setting out to write a novel, you are in it for the long haul. You better be sure you'll stay interested in something for the next three years. The post Caroline Brothers appeared first on The Royal Literary Fund.

'The corollary of writing a loose first draft is being ready for the sacrifice it entails.' One memorable weekend I shed seventeen thousand words. The corollary of writing a loose first draft is being ready for the sacrifice it entails. The post Caroline Brothers appeared first on The Royal Literary Fund.

2019.09.10 The story of child refugees alone on the highways of Europe originally appeared as newspaper reportage, was reconceived as the fiction work “Hinterland” by Caroline Brothers, and then adapted by Scottish theater company Vox Motus into “Flight,” a groundbreaking, award-winning theatrical work. In this talk, Brothers shares her experience of the story’s double adaptation. What considerations governed the decisions to carry out the new forms? What might be lost, and what might be gained? Caroline Brothers, Author "Hinterland" (Bloomsbury, 2011), In conversation with Piia Mustamaki, Lecturer of Writing, NYUAD In Collaboration with The Arts Center at NYU Abu Dhabi

Paris-based Australian author Caroline Brothers bears witness to the cost of human conflict. A former foreign correspondent, she has written War and Photography: A Cultural History, and two unsentimental and powerful novels which examine displacement: The Memory Stones, which begins with the Argentinian military coup of 1976 and tells the story of the Disappeared, and Hinterland, which follows two asylum-seeking Afghan boys on a perilous journey across Europe. Brothers speaks with Dan Salmon. AUCKLAND WRITERS FESTIVAL 2017

Caroline Brothers and James Dryburgh discussed Caroline’s latest novel, The Memory Stones. Her story covers the stolen generation of Argentina’s dark days in the late 1970s. As a former New York Times correspondent, Caroline has covered events in South America and worldwide. She has made the transition to novelist, using her profound knowledge of true events as the springboard […] The post Milestones: Caroline Brothers in conversation with James Dryburgh appeared first on TasWriters.

The Memory Stones Caroline Brothers Caroline has written a moving and insightful book about The Disappeared of Argentina in the 70s. Be prepared to be shaken by the story. LOVE Books? Love Radio Gorgeous radiogorgeous.com #Argentina #TheDisappeared #Author

Last week was Australian book week, now in its 66th year. Tonight we will be airing an interview of a different sort to celebrate. Final Drafter Martin Hewetson and his eight year old daughter, Eve Hewetson interview young adult author, Richard Newsome. We also hear from Paris based journalist now author, Caroline Brothers about her first novel Hinterland about the almost invisible, dangerous journey many children from war-torn Afghanistan and Somalia make across Europe in search of a better life. And finally we will hear a review by of Jane Eyre – the book and the latest adaptation to film. Richard Newsome, The Billionaire's Curse - published by Text Publishing and interview by Eve and Martin Hewetson. Caroline Brothers, Hinterland - published by Bloomsbury Press and interview by Jeanavive McGregor. Review of Jane Eyre by Catriona Menzies-Pike