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…
Wonderland
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…
After Mattie’s
This time two weeks ago I was getting towards the end of my 28-hour journey from Perth, home to Wellington (driving from Perth to Busselton; coaching from Busselton to Perth airport; waiting, waiting; flying from Perth to Auckland to Wellington; don’t ask, it’s a long and not very interesting story), after finishing my month-long stay … Read more…
Ticket to Wonderland
Today is officially my first day waking up in Wonderland, as I (nominally) start the ten-month funding period for the Creative New Zealand Arts Grant I was awarded in May ‘towards researching and writing the first draft of a novel, Wonderland’. This is the second Arts Grant I’ve received from Creative New Zealand. The first, … Read more…
Creative New Zealand funding for third novel
I’m delighted, honoured and relieved to have been awarded a Creative New Zealand Arts Grant in the March/May 2017 funding round, to work on my third novel. In a news post today on the results of the funding round, Creative New Zealand said: Creative New Zealand has awarded 92 grants worth a total $2,032,544 in its latest … Read more…
This festive season
May is my birthday month (thus always a time of celebrations and joy to the world, right?). But this May feels extra-festive, cause for much shimmying, shaking, and leg-kicking, on the beach and elsewhere. The Hope Fault acquired by Aardvark Bureau I’ve been quietly dancing on the ceiling (and everywhere else) about this for a while, so I’m delighted to … Read more…