We’re ridiculously excited – and feeling very lucky to be living where we’re living in these strange times – to announce our next Bad Diaries Salon, live, in-person, as always. We’re back in Aotearoa on 7 November for Verb Wellington’s LitCrawl 2020. All details at Verb Wellington. Bad Diaries Salon: PLAY Returning to LitCrawl for … Read more…
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Bad Diaries Salon #CREEP, Lit Crawl Perth, 20 Feb 2020
We’re thrilled to announce our first Bad Diaries Salon for 2020. We’ll be in Perth on 20 February for Perth’s first ever Lit Crawl, part of the mighty Perth Festival‘s 2020 Festival of Literature & Ideas. We’re truly grateful to the remarkable Sisonke Msimang, curator of the Literature & Ideas programme, for inviting Bad Diaries … Read more…
Bad Diaries Salon #CRUSH, Wellington LitCrawl
We’re ridiculously excited to announce another upcoming Bad Diaries Salon. We’ll be back in Aotearoa on 9 November for Verb Wellington feat. LitCrawl. All details at Verb Wellington. Bad Diaries Salon: Crush Returning to LitCrawl after a fabulous Wellington debut in 2018 (see Tara Black’s live-drawn review), Bad Diaries Salon: CRUSH will feature four writers … Read more…
Dundee University Review of the Arts reviews The Hope Fault
Victoria Lothian has written a beautiful, considered review of The Hope Fault for Dundee University Review of the Arts (DURA). Farr’s elegant and descriptive language captures the ordinary and intricate moments of daily family communications […] The Hope Fault leaves us with a quiet sense of hope that not every fault line will cause tremors … Read more…
In conversation, Tracy Farr and Annabel Smith, Perth
I’m visiting Perth in October, and thrilled to be doing a few events while I’m there, including this one at Riverton Library. It’ll be a real treat to talk with my friend – and wonderful writer – Annabel Smith. I hope you can join us. In Conversation with Tracy Farr and Annabel Smith Come along and hear … Read more…
Bad Diaries Salon #BURN, Perth
I’m going to be in Perth for a fortnight in October (for the stage premiere of The Hope Fault at WAAPA) – a perfect excuse, if one is needed, to throw a Bad Diaries Salon (and a few other events)! Returning to Perth for the first time in 2 years, this Bad Diaries Salon will be all … Read more…
The Hope Fault at WAAPA, 11 to 17 October
My second novel, The Hope Fault, has been adapted for the stage by writer/director Andrew Hale for Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA) at Edith Cowan University. It’ll be performed by the entire 18-strong 2nd Year Acting cohort at WAAPA, in a world premiere run from 11 to 17 October 2019. I’ll be in … Read more…
In conversation, Tracy Farr and Annabel Smith, Mandurah
I’m pleased to be doing a few events in and around Perth while I’m visiting in October, including this one at Falcon Library in Mandurah. Hope to see you there, if you’re in the neighbourhood. Writers in the Library In conversation with Tracy Farr Join us at Falcon eLibrary and Community Centre to hear Tracy … Read more…
Roundup of Italian media, Dopo la pioggia
The Hope Fault was published in Italy in late 2018 by Unorosso, an imprint of Parallelo45 Edizioni. The Italian translation, by Daniela Di Falco, takes the title Dopo la pioggia – ‘after the rain’. The novel had its first public airing when the Parallelo45 Edizioni team took Dopo la pioggia to Bookcity Milano in 2018, and … Read more…
Bad Diaries Salon #SHIFT, WORD Christchurch
We’re thrilled to be bringing Bad Diaries Salon back to Christchurch on Saturday 31 August at Space Academy. Part of WORD Christchurch’s Shifting Points of View season, this Bad Diaries Salon will be all about #SHIFT. Browse the WORD Christchurch Shifting Points of View programme for details of this event and more. We hope to see you at Bad Diaries … Read more…