The Committed Creative Podcast

#4 Writing Your Own Success with Barry Divola

February 03, 2022 Carmen and David Allan-Petale Season 1 Episode 4
The Committed Creative Podcast
#4 Writing Your Own Success with Barry Divola
Show Notes

Journalist, author, and a self-confessed “total music nerd,” Barry Divola was born and raised in Sydney, but in recent years moved to Perth with his wife and children.

In this episode, David chats to Barry about how he created his own writing career through persistence, hard work, and routine. They discuss how putting on your pants in the morning is a must, and that even when you're good at your craft you still need to hustle at times.

Barry regularly writes feature articles and reviews for publications like The Sydney Morning Herald, Women’s Weekly, and The Australian Financial Review.

His music writing has appeared internationally in Rolling Stone, Spin, Entertainment Weekly, and Monocle, and he was a senior writer for Rolling Stone Australia as well as Who magazine’s long-running music critic. 

Divola has won the Margaret River Short Story Prize, the FAW Jennifer Burbidge Award, the Cowley Literary Award, and the Banjo Paterson Award for Short Fiction (three times). Driving Stevie Fracasso is his first novel.

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