Events, News & Festivals

News, Events, Reviews and Festivals

Why falling in love with great literature matters …

The Mercury published an edited version of a speech I recently gave to The Friends School. If you have a budding (or languishing) reader, this might prove useful. The whole speech appears in a previous blog below. Happy reading.  This lovely image with thanks: http://thats-normal.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/book-623163_1280.jpg

‘in a playful way this bold new novel by Heather Rose is an astute meditation’

Here is the review for The Sydney Morning Herald by the wonderful Louise Swinn for The Museum of Modern Love. Also written for The Age.

‘more than just a rare treat’ – review in The Age

Here is the review for The Age by the wonderful Louise Swinn for The Museum of Modern Love. Utterly unexpected and totally appreciated. This review also appeared in the Sydney Morning Herald – see above.

‘audacious and beautiful’ – The Museum of Modern Love reviewed in The Australian

Some of you may have already discovered the works of Dominic Smith. His latest novel is the Last Painting of Sara De Vos and it’s a beautiful read. Dominic very generously took time to review another book about art in The Australian newspaper. The Museum of Modern Love reviewed in the Australian

RN Books & Art in conversation with Heather Rose

Here is Sarah L’Estrange on Radio National’s Books & Art having a chat with me about writing The Museum of Modern Love – and how real life events created a world of characters and ideas.

Why reading great literature matters

Not long ago I was asked to judge the Jean Yates Writing Prize for 2016 for year 11 & 12 students at Hobart’s Friends School.  Along with the awarding of the prize, I was asked to give a speech about why reading matters. It caused a bit of a stir – so here it is in full.  […]

A short essay on writing The Museum of Modern Love

The Age & The SMH published this article on the writing of The Museum of Modern Love. The essay is here too (and without the ads!)   The writing of The Museum of Modern Love As a writer you hear lots of stories about the writing process. How sometimes novels are written fast.  How novels come […]

The Wheeler Centre interview – on muses, dinner companions and why imagination needs to be taught.

Up now at The Wheeler Centre is this interview. Heather Rose is a novelist, art student and businesswoman, who writes for both adults and young readers. Her seventh novel, The Museum of Modern Love, is out now. Heather chatted with us about Leo Tolstoy, Edith Wharton and her dream of founding a School of Imagination.

On meeting Marina Abramovic, writing at MONA and cake

  Here’s a link to a Q & A for the Tasmanian Writer’s Centre Up Close & Personal following the launch of The Museum of Modern Love. Created by the wonderful Ruth Dawkins @dorkymum.