Garner speaks of her childhood, growing up in a suburb of Geelong ; her Melbourne University years ; the influence of Glen Tomasetti on her writing career ; her introduction to unionism while teaching ; how she began writing her novel "Monkey grip" and her method of work ; her thoughts on the film based on that novel ; living in Paris and writing her second book "Honour, and Other people's children" ; problems encountered when writing on matters very close to her. Recorded 1982. A transcript is available.