Cate Kennedy is a writer of fiction, non-fiction and poetry. Her most recent collection of stories, Like A House on Fire, was nominated for the inaugural Stella Prize earlier this year. In this interview she speaks with Madeleine Watts about her writing process, her ideas and her story ‘A glimpse of paradise‘ published in Griffith REVIEW 42.

You’ve written poetry, novels and memoir in addition to collections of short fiction. What are the differences in the way you think, and work, when you sit down to write short fiction and long-form stories?