In conversation, Tracy Farr and Annabel Smith, Mandurah

The Hope Fault (Fremantle Press, 2017)

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…

The Bad Diaries Salon Volume 3, Perth

BDS Vol 3 Perth - Regrets (credit: Robert Lukins @robertlukins)

Melbourne literary phenomenon The Bad Diaries Salon (BDS) is coming to Perth this month, in its first outing beyond Melbourne. The Bad Diaries Salon Volume 3 Perth: Regrets features Brooke Davis, Laurie Steed, Annabel Smith, Jenny Ackland and me reading from our early, unedited works, on the theme of REGRET. The BDS is a salon series where writers read from … Read more…

Tracy Farr on Helen Garner’s Postcards from Surfers

Postcards from Surfers

Perth writer Annabel Smith invited me to write about a favourite book – and what it means to me – for the Friday Faves feature on her website. I chose Helen Garner’s 1985 collection of short stories, Postcards from Surfers. This book reminds me why I go back to Helen Garner’s writing, why I love … Read more…