Writer, reader, traveller, occasional blogger, wearer of many hats. Debut novel 'No Small Shame' published April 2020 @ventura_press
Australia
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My desktop pic reminds me that #NoSmallShame is out there in bookstores, even when I can't be! Hope you're finding readers NSS, even though I can't go out & sign or see you in stores! Plus I'm so missing the chance to meet booksellers! Small prob, but sad for a debut author!
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How can winning an artistic residency impact your creative career?
Hear from 4 Australian authors about their experiences entering & winning the @asauthors/@VarunaWriters Ray Koppe Young Writers Fellowship & how their careers have developed since
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ALT Quote from author Hayley Scrivenor, winner of the Ray Koppe ASA/Varuna Young Writers Fellowship 2019: 'I applied every year for three years before I got it.'
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Adelaide, I'm here, enjoying your gorgeousness.
Please come and join me tomorrow night when I'll be chatting about my new novel, The Fire and the Rose, with equally gorgeous @htaylorjohnson at @DymocksAdelaide, Rundle Mall.
May 18, 6pm. Please book: eventbrite.com.au/e/the-fire…
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Did I mention I have a book soon to be released? And did I tell you I'm so excited to share this story with you?
I did? It's all true!
May 3 is the date. Can't wait to see it out in the world.
#2023PublicationCrew #TheFireandtheRose @HarperCollinsAU @catherinefmilne
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Watch Sarah Holland-Batt's remarkable acceptance speech for her #2023StellaPrize-winning poetry collection, The Jaguar.
In her speech, @the_shb reflects on caregiving and its relationship with women’s creative work, the language of grief, and the solace to be found in poetry.
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Announcing the #ABIA2023 Book Awards shortlists! (1/15) 🎉 Congratulations to all the shortlisted publishers, authors and illustrators, and all the teams involved in each one of these fabulous titles. Full list available here: buff.ly/3UJkqOI
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I'm teaching this Writing a Novel course in Sydney from July and there is a scholarship available.
We have two scholarship places available for our mid year long courses - Writing a Novel in Sydney and Writing the Narrative Nonfiction Book in Melbourne. Details are here and applications close 4 June 2023. faberwritingacademy.com.au/f…
If you’re in or near Canberra, this will be an amazing conversation!
Delighted and honoured to be chatting to the wonderful @NGFeathers about my new novel, #TheFireandtheRose on May 10 at ANU Meet the Author. Sally Pryor is MC. Couldn't ask for more ... except to see my Canberra community there.
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The average income for Australian authors is 11,000. Yet Australia is one of the only countries in the world where literary prizes are taxed as income. This needs to change @AlboMP @Tony_Burke David Marr said 'you win at Randwick, its untaxed. You win the Miles Franklin it is".
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Good thread about fine margins & fickleness of books world. Those of us involved in any way know so many stories of fab books that've 'sunk' re: publishing or sales while others do extremely well. Authors can only control writing their best book, but its far from a meritocracy.
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We are delighted that Trove’s future has been secured!
The National Library welcomes the announcement of ongoing Trove funding. Read more: bit.ly/3m4i9kn
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Missed anything on the show today?
Listen back on the podcast featuring exclusive outtakes and hidden gems!
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Transit Lounge has acquired a thriller about an anaesthetist from @LisaKenway, a writer who works as an anaesthetist. Kenway uses her working knowledge as a ‘vehicle to explore memory and consciousness’.
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Looking forward to this so much. Chatting with Toni will be a TREAT! Please come if you can. There will be laughter (along with deep, literary thought 😉), I promise.
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Ah, the ‘intrusive’ R! Knew it’s a thing, but never knew it had a name!
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Thanks to The Leaf Bookshop for this interview. A great shop, great team, and much appreciated!
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Such wonderful words. Just had to share them.
'A heartbreakingly timeless tale... No one writes with compassion and empathy quite like Robyn Cadwallader, and few can match her ability to move readers to their core. Unforgettable.'
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Thank you to @othrtrnjournal and Louise Sapphira for our interview in Other Terrain Journal Issue 11. I loved our chat about the reality behind my writing journey for No Small Shame. otherterrainjournal.com.au/i…
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Fans of contemporary romance—this is the #bookfunnel promo for you. Included is my romance novel Hollywood Dreams for 0.99 cents available at your preferred
All relative to our time! But, writing historical fiction, I'm ever thankful for the internet, Google/online resources my predecessors couldn't access. I still triple check my facts & bloody love Google images & maps! Yet, I still find reasons to avoid writing those words!
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Thanks very much to @othrtrnjournal and Louise Sapphira for this interview - really enjoyed chatting to Louise about many topics including how my writing process differs from my art-making process (not a lot), how each story idea begins, and much more.
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