I am over the moon – and a little overwhelmed, though in the best of ways – that the manuscript for my novel Wonderland has been awarded the 2024 NZSA Laura Solomon Cuba Press Prize. The judges have said some very beautiful things about the manuscript – you can read more in the announcement here. … Read more…
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Wonderland shortlisted for NZSA Laura Solomon Cuba Press Prize
I’m truly thrilled that my unpublished novel, Wonderland, has been shortlisted for the NZSA Laura Solomon Cuba Press Prize 2024, a prize that celebrates writing with a ‘unique and original vision’. The shortlist of four writers – Abigail von Ahsen, Jade Hallamore, Jacqueline Owens and me – was judged by Cassie Hart and Anne Kennedy, … Read more…
Michael King Writers’ Centre Spring Residency 2018
I’m really thrilled to have been awarded the Spring Residency for 2018 by Michael King Writers Centre (MKWC). MKWC recently announced the recipients of the 2018 residency programme. From the media release: Tracy Farr has been awarded the four-week Spring Residency to work on her latest project; her third novel – the story of three sisters, identical triplets born in an … Read more…
FAWWA CAL Established Writer in Residence 2017
I’m honoured to have been awarded one of four writing residencies for 2017 by the Fellowship of Australian Writers (Western Australia), co-funded by FAWWA and the Copyright Agency Cultural Fund. FAWWA recently announced the outcome of the 2017 CAL Writer in Residence program (see the FAWWA homepage). I was awarded Established Writer in Residence, and … Read more…
Aardvark Bureau to publish The Hope Fault
I’m thrilled to share the news that UK publisher Aardvark Bureau (Gallic Books) has signed The Hope Fault, my novel ‘about family and fault lines’. Aardvark Bureau also published my first novel, The Life and Loves of Lena Gaunt, in the UK and US in 2016. The acquisition announcement for The Hope Fault was reported in The Bookseller (11 May … Read more…