Interview with Nigel Featherstone

Nigel Featherstone is an award-winning novelist, librettist and now playwright based in Goulburn. While he grew up in Sydney, it is the landscapes and characters of the Canberra region that have often inspired Nigel’s creative works. In fact, it was the expanse of the ephemeral Lake George that offered him a vision of two oars, protruding from the dry lake-bed—a mystery to be pieced together. The Story of The Oars has grown from Nigel’s surrounds (natural and societal) and his relationship with music, which first blossomed at the keys of his mum’s piano.