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26 Feb – 5 March 2021 Wild Writing: Nature Writing Retreat @Springfield, Southern Highlands, NSW
26 May 2021 – publication day: The Book of Australian Trees
26 October 2021 – publication day The Last Woman in the World (as Elsa Johnson)
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Category Archives: Mr Wigg
Re-release day
My three novels – Mr Wigg, Nest and Where the Trees Were – have just been re-released in a new format. A bit like a nice matching box set. And they’re reasonably priced, at $19.95. You can buy them at … Continue reading
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Tagged booktopia, box set, inga simpson, Mr Wigg, nature writing, Nest, new format, new release, shortlisted, Understory, where the trees were
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Nest longlisted for the Stella Prize
Nest has been longlisted for the 2015 Stella Prize. It’s among fine company, including Helen Garner’s This House of Grief, Maxine Beneba Clark’s Foreign Soil and Ellen Van Neerven’s Heat and Light.
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Tagged ellen van neerven, foreign soil, heat and light, helen garner, inga simpson, Maxine Beneba Clarke, Mr Wigg, Nest, Nike Sulway, olvar wood, Rebecca Jessen
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7 Feb – QWC Whispers Salon: A New Day
On Saturday, February 7, I’ll be taking part in the Queensland Writers Centre’s February Whispers event, ‘A New Day’.The salon will feature readings from Emerging creative non-fiction writer Warren Ward and poet and short fiction writer Carmen Leigh Keates, followed … Continue reading
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19-22 Feb – Perth Writers Festival
I’ll be taking part in the lovely Perth Writers Festival this year. It looks like a great line up, including Maxine Beneba Clarke, Brooke Davis, Kristina Olsson, and Ellen van Neerven. I’m looking forward to Bob Brown’s opening talk and Elizabeth Gilbert’s … Continue reading
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Tagged Emily Bitto, inga simpson, Mr Wigg, Nest, Stealla Prize, stella prize
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BBWF: Nature Writing Workshop
I’m heading south for the Byron Way Writers Festival at the end of this month, hoping for the blissful Byron weather that the tent festival nearly always manages to delivers up. I’m looking forward to seeing Jeanette Winterson’s Keynote address on the … Continue reading
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Tagged Alex Miller, Ashley Hay, BBWF, Byron, Byron Bay Writers Festival, Claire Scobie, inga simpson, Jeanette Winterson, Jessie Cole, Lisa Gorton, lisa walker, Maxine Beneba Clarke, ML Stedman, Mr Wigg, nature writing, Nest, robert hoge, Tony Birch, workshop, writing
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Nature Writing Retreat: Far South Coast
I’m teaching at a 5-day nature writing retreat, run through Olvar Wood, from 3-7 May, 2015. We’ll be ‘glamping’ at The Escape, at Shallow Crosssing, near Bateman’s Bay, on the south coast of NSW. It’s a beautiful, wild setting: river … Continue reading
SWF: 19-20 May
I’m participating in a few panels and teaching a workshop at the 2014 Sydney Writers Festival from 19-25 May. I’m also excited about seeing Melissa Lucashenko interview Alice Walker (Yes, Alice Walker!); Sarah Blasko & Josh Pike performing; and Emma Donoghue’s closing address. … Continue reading
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Tagged Alice Walker, australian literature, Emma Donoghue, hachette, inga simpson, Melissa Lucashenko, Mr Wigg, Sarah Blasko
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BWF 4 – 8 September
I love the Brisbane Writers Festival (BWF); it’s my favourite time of year. Brisbane usually turns on perfect spring weather, and a bunch of great writers are in town. It’s a time for strolling, listening, and thinking — refreshing your … Continue reading
Potts Point Bookshop interview
Read the interview with the lovely Potts Point Bookstore about writing Mr Wigg …
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Tagged hachette, inga simpson, Mr Wigg, Potts Point Bookshop, QWC/Hachette Manuscript Development Program
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Mr Wigg book launches
For those who can get along to the launch of Mr Wigg in Brisbane or Canberra, I’d love to see you there. Brisbane: 6pm Friday 28 June, Avid Reader Bookstore, West End. Launched by Kristina Olsson. Canberra: 3pm Saturday 6 July, … Continue reading
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