Hi – my name is Karena Wynn-Moylan.
I’m a Fine Artist and composer and also the presenter of Arts Canvass on Bay fm Radio 99.9 every Thursday morning between 9am and 11am.
People often ask me where the interviews I conduct with some wonderful authors, musicians, filmmakers and artists each week can be heard again – well here it is!
These posts will have some of the interviews I have broadcast plus a few that are completely exclusive. I might also throw in a few photos of art pieces I really like, or provide a few samples of new music you may not have heard .
Some of you may have arrived here by following Facebook posts I have made or from my other websites or from hearing me on the radio.If you or someone you represent would like to be featured here just email me for consideration.
COMMUNITAS AWARD FOR SERVICE TOTHE ARTS
THE NARRATIVES LIBRARY
The Narratives Library is another site I maintain that contains hundreds of live short reads by authors of their own work linked to the authors interviews.
The readings are categorised by themes so you can dip into crime, love, travel, food, politics, children’s lit and young adult and more. You can also subscribe to this library on the site and receive regular updates with a read and interview .Free!.
Also available direct on the site are the Narratives Library National Edition Podcasts so you have something longer to listen to. (You can also listen to these on Spotify!)
The Narratives Library site receives over one million hits each year! So a lot of people are listening – hear why!
The Narratives Library website was awarded GOLD in the Hermes Creative awards in 2021 for Electronic Media and Website design!
To help me keep this website going and to keep it ad free, it would be wonderful if you could make a small donation!
LIST OF CREATIVE ARTISTS INTERVIEWS ON ARTS CANVASS SITE:
Here is an alphabetical list of authors and creative artists who have interviews on this site. This list is constantly updated!
Click on the author or creative artist’s name in green to go to their post.
AUTHORS -ADULT FICTION
Abdi Aden –Shining
Sarah Armstrong – Promise
Peter Carey –The Chemistry of Tears
Christine Evans –Cloudless
Holly English – ‘Dad’
Angela Flournoy – The Turner House
Vivian Gornick – The Odd Woman in the City
Graeme Innes –Platypus Dreaming
Hannah Kent – Burial Rites
L.A. Larkin – Genesis
L.A Larkin – Devour
Rajith Savanadasa -Ruins
Inga Simpson – Mr. Wigg
Graeme Simsion – The Rosie Project
Graeme Simsion – The Rosie Effect
Dominic Smith – The Last Painting of Sara de Vos
Richard McHugh – Charlie Anderson’s general theory of Lying
Miles Merril – Performance Poet
Susan Midalia –Feet to the Stars – and other stories
Omar bin Musa – Performance Poet
Chigozie Obioma – The Fisherman
Mary-Lou Stephens – Sex and Drugs and Meditation
Lisa Walker –Sex, Lies and Bonsai
AUTHORS – CHILDREN’S BOOKS AND YOUNG ADULT
Tristan Bancks –Two Wolves
Louisa Bennet –Monty and Me
Robert Hoge – Ugly
Scott Rheuben – Roses are not Red
Eben Venter –Wolf, Wolf
AUTHORS – NON-FICTION
Benjamin Allmon – Foot Notes
Steve Bisley – Stillways
Glenn Carle – The Interrogator
Tasneem Chopra –Cross Cultural activist and author
Jennifer Clement – Prayers for the Stolen
Michael Cooney –Speechwriter
Tim Cope – On the Trail of Genghis Khan
Ayik Chut Deng – The Lost Boy
Tim Flannery – Here on earth
Susan Gourley – The Breakfast Club – The Breakfast Club Diaries
Nicholas Hudson –Modern Australian Usage
Erik Jensen –Acute Misfortune – The Life and Death of Adam Cullen
Jean Kitson – You’re still hot to me
Glenda Korporaal – Making Magic – The Marion Griffin story
Mark Lang – Old Man’s Story
David Leser – To Begin to Know: Walking in the Shadows of my Father
Nelly Le Comte – Byron Bay : a food journey through the region
Hugh Mackay – Beyond Belief
Tara Moss – The Fictional Woman
Adrian Newstead – The Dealer is the Devil
John Newton – The Oldest Foods on Earth
James Rebanks – The Shepherd’s Life
Thando Sibanda – Poet and Youth Leader
Qaisra Shiraz – Revolt
Louise Sommer – The Hidden Camino
Paul West –River Cottage Cookbook Australia
Karen Williams –Indigenous Literacy foundation
Sohila Zanjani – Scattered Pearls
Rachel Zinman –Yoga and Diabetes
PUBLISHING
Caroline Baum– Director of Booktopia
Jill Eddington –Director of the literature Board Australia Council
Tori Loudon –The Guardian events manager
David Manne – Human Rights Lawyer
MUSICIANS, ARTISTS AND MULTI – MEDIA
George Smilovici – Tango Ironico
Wallis Bird – ‘Hands’
Luka Bloom – Bittersweet Crimson
Grayson Cooke – Multi Media artist – AGX
Fred Genis – Lithographer
Benjamin Gilmour – Jirga
Aboubakar Fofana (Johanna Macnaughtan)– World Indigo Master
Steve Kilbey – ‘The Hall of Counterfeits’
Steve Kilbey and Gareth Koch – ‘Music of Antiquity’
Gareth Koch -‘Saladin’s Dream’
Lior and Domini – ‘Animal in Hiding’
Lucy Lilian – Violinist and multi media artist
Mick McHugh – ‘Sunshine’
Bruce Munro – Multi media installation artist
Phia – ‘Phia’
Michael Sharmon– On with the Music -12 years in Hong Kong
Cye Wood – ‘ Cave in the Sky’
On the Posts, the book covers and author’s head shots will link you to their sites or their publishers or where you can buy their book or CD.
And as a bit of shameless self promotion, while you are here, have a look at some of my artbooks on page two.
Also listen to the documentaries ‘The Written word, the Spoken thought’ for lots of thought provoking interviews from authors, publishers, writers festival directors and the reading public.
To listen to the award winning series ‘Memories of Sarajevo’ – in which I explore the contribution artists and radio broadcasters made during the siege of Sarajevo go to www.radiozid.com
This series was made with support from the Community Broadcasting Foundation .
“Hi Karena,I’ve been meaning to write & thank you since Thursday. We heard all of your interview with John Waters & thought it was great – informed, informative & friendly all excellent characteristics of an award winning communicator. Everyone associated with the show are very appreciative of your efforts
Once again Thanks!!”
Hi there would you mind stating which blog platform you’re working with?
I’m going to start my own blog soon but I’m having a difficult time making
a decision between BlogEngine/Wordpress/B2evolution and
Drupal. The reason I ask is because your design seems different then most blogs and I’m looking for something unique.
P.S Apologies for being off-topic but I had to ask!
Interview with Scott Rheuben
Hi Karena,
Can you give me a buzz when you get a sec please.
Hope alls good.
Adrian
0412 519887
Hi Karena, I just tried to send a message through the form on your website, but it didn’t seem to go through so I’ll post it here: I love your show! I’m a poet from Byron Bay and I’ve recently published my first collection called ‘For Life”, largely themed around climate change and social justice issues. I would love to be interviewed for your blog or radio programme. If you’re interested, I can send you an electronic or paperback version of the book, or you can check out some of my work at https://medium.com/@emmabriggs.
Thanks for all you do to support the arts,
all the best,
Emma
HI Emma,
Sorry you couldn’t contact me!
Thank you for liking my show but as you are a poet could I suggest ‘Bohemian Beat’ by Riddhi which follows Arts Canvass on Thursdays? We try to be respectful of each other’s areas.
I know she would love your themes. Karena