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Wonderland wins NZSA Laura Solomon Cuba Press Prize

Wonderland wins NZSA Laura Solomon Cuba Press Prize

June 15, 2024
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. ...
Wonderland shortlisted for NZSA Laura Solomon Cuba Press Prize

Wonderland shortlisted for NZSA Laura Solomon Cuba Press Prize

April 20, 2024
I’m truly thrilled that my unpublished novel, Wonderland, has been shortlisted for the NZSA Laura Solomon Cuba Press Prize 2024, a prize that celebrates writing with a ‘unique and original vision’.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 ...
Dundee University Review of the Arts reviews The Hope Fault

Dundee University Review of the Arts reviews The Hope Fault

October 28, 2019
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 at WAAPA, 11 to 17 October

The Hope Fault at WAAPA, 11 to 17 October

October 11, 2019
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 ...
Roundup of Italian media, Dopo la pioggia

Roundup of Italian media, Dopo la pioggia

September 10, 2019
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 ...
World Literature Today reviews The Hope Fault

World Literature Today reviews The Hope Fault

April 8, 2019
World Literature Today magazine included a mini-review of The Hope Fault in Nota Benes, Spring 2019 (April 2019), digest discussions of more than 30 new releases from around the world. Farr’s examination of amplectant bonds as equally ...
New York Times reviews The Hope Fault

New York Times reviews The Hope Fault

November 2, 2018
On its US release, Abigail Meisel reviewed The Hope Fault for the New York Times Book Review, 4 November 2018 (in print 4 November, online 2 November). … fault lines, including the Hope Fault, a handy metaphor ...
The Hope Fault makes its way to the stage

The Hope Fault makes its way to the stage

September 6, 2018
A few months ago the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA) acquired the stage rights to my novel The Hope Fault from my Australian publisher Fremantle Press (there was a quiet announcement in Books+Publishing’s rights ...
Foreword Reviews starred review of The Hope Fault

Foreword Reviews starred review of The Hope Fault

September 6, 2018
Ahead of the US release of The Hope Fault in October, Foreword Reviews magazine has given it a starred review in their September/October 2018 issue. Tracy Farr’s carefully crafted literary novel The Hope Fault explores what ...
The Hope Fault published in UK (and a playlist to celebrate)

The Hope Fault published in UK (and a playlist to celebrate)

July 26, 2018
The Hope Fault, my second novel, is making its way out into the world. This month marks its publication in UK, by the wise and wonderful team at Gallic Books. It’ll be published (in the same ...
Michael King Writers' Centre Spring Residency 2018

Michael King Writers’ Centre Spring Residency 2018

November 25, 2017
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 ...
The Hope Fault one of NZ Listener's 100 Best Books of 2017

The Hope Fault one of NZ Listener’s 100 Best Books of 2017

November 25, 2017
The Hope Fault has been listed as one of the 100 Best Books of 2017 by New Zealand Listener magazine (25 November 2017 issue). The list, compiled by Listener books editor Russell Baillie and the Listener ...
Sonia Nair reviews The Hope Fault for ABR

Sonia Nair reviews The Hope Fault for ABR

September 1, 2017
Sonia Nair reviewed The Hope Fault for the Australian Book Review (September 2017, no. 394). The minutiae and messiness of family life as it comes together and unravels time and time again are delicately rendered in Tracy Farr’s second novel, The ...
FAWWA CAL Established Writer in Residence 2017

FAWWA CAL Established Writer in Residence 2017

July 2, 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 ...
Round-up of reviews of The Hope Fault

Round-up of reviews of The Hope Fault

May 28, 2017
There have been a few recent reviews of The Hope Fault from Australian writers and bookbloggers that I wanted to note and link to. I’m really grateful for the time and effort and care that each ...
Creative New Zealand funding for third novel

Creative New Zealand funding for third novel

May 22, 2017
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 ...
Aardvark Bureau to publish The Hope Fault

Aardvark Bureau to publish The Hope Fault

May 15, 2017
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 ...
ODT reviews The Hope Fault

ODT reviews The Hope Fault

May 15, 2017
Jessie Neilson reviewed The Hope Fault for the Otago Daily Times (published online 15 May). The language is poetic but also sparse, and much is told in the gaps between. … a quiet and thoughtful work … — Jessie Neilson, ODT Read the review ...
Lucy Walding reviews The Hope Fault for Westerly

Lucy Walding reviews The Hope Fault for Westerly

May 10, 2017
Lucy Walding reviewed The Hope Fault for Westerly (online). You can read the full review online at Westerly>From the Editor’s Desk. Westerly is the literary magazine published at the Westerly Centre (formerly the Centre for Studies in Australian Literature) at ...
Louise O'Brien reviews The Hope Fault on RNZ

Louise O’Brien reviews The Hope Fault on RNZ

April 26, 2017
Louise O’Brien reviewed The Hope Fault on RNZ Nine to Noon (26 April 2017), in the NZ Books review slot. The novel is beautifully restrained … I recommend it highly. It is smart writing, it’s thoughtful and nuanced. It’s respectful of the ...