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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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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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Shallow Crossing
The flash and gleam of light, the plop and bubble of others, below – the constant play of a world within a world that knows its own secret. Continue reading
5 May – Environmental Writing Workshop
As part of Olvar Wood’s inaugural nature writing retreat at The Escape, near Bateman’s Bay, I’m leading a workshop on the art and business of nature and environmental writing. It is ideal for those new to nature writing as well as professional writers working in … Continue reading
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Tagged clyde river, dr inga simpson, environmental writing, inga simpson, Mr Wigg, nature writing, Nest, shallow crossing, stella prize, the escape, workshop
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Nests taking over Townsville
The good people of Townsville have chosen Nest as this year’s One Title One Townsville book. It’s a massive bookclub event run by the Townsville Library. The city’s bookish folk will all read Nest and discuss, tweet, Fbook etc about it. Then, at 6.30pm on Friday 22nd of May, I’ll … Continue reading
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Tagged david malouf, hachette, inga simpson, just nunn, Mr Wigg, One Title One Townsville, Savannah writers festival
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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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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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Nature Writing @ Reality Bites
Inga will be teaching a nature writing workshop as part of the Reality Bites Writers Festival at Cooroy Library on Friday morning, 24 October. Reality Bites is a wonderful non-fiction festival (though touches of fiction are creeping in, showing how blurry … Continue reading
Developing Your Novel masterclass @BWF14
I’ll be teaching a masterclass about how to develop your novel from zero draft to masterpiece at this year’s Brisbane Writer’s Festival. We’ll be looking at a mix of practical techniques for structuring and mapping your story as well as some more playful … Continue reading
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Tagged brisbane writers festival, BWF14, character, developing your novel, hachette, inga simpson, masterclass, Mr Wigg, Nest, olvar wood, structure, writing
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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
