End of Year Salon
Description
It's that time of year again...come celebrate with us at our end of year Salon! Featuring readings of poetry and fiction from authors Queenie Thirlwell Carling, Brooke Davis, Lia Dewey Morgan, Magda Hughes, Patrick Hunn and Favel Parrett.
Lineup
Queenie Thirlwell Carling
Queenie Thirlwell Carling is a poet and philosopher whose work is concerned with the domain between the Word and the flesh. Her adoption is one of a psychoanalytic lineage, through which, her writing figures the hole in the whole of language.
Brooke Davis
Brooke Davis grew up on Wadawurrung Country in Bellbrae, Victoria. She holds a PhD from Curtin University in creative writing. Her debut novel, Lost & Found, was published in 28 countries and received two Australian Book Industry Awards for General Fiction and New Writer of the Year, as well as the WA Premier's Book Award for Emerging Writer. Lost & Found was also shortlisted for the Indie Book of the Year Debut Fiction Award and the ABA Booksellers' Choice Award. Brooke has lived in the US, Canada, Canberra and Boorloo/Perth, and now resides in Torquay, Victoria, where she works as a bookseller. No One's Looking is her second novel.
Lia Dewey Morgan
Lia Dewey Morgan is a poet and emerging librarian, living in Naarm. Morgan is the author of two volumes of poetry, Bath Songs with nomorepoetry, and Traffic Saga with Cordite. She is a proud trans woman of Anglo and South Asian heritage. She is a 2024 Wheeler Centre Hot Desk Fellow, and a founding member of the independent community initiative Library Portal.
Magda Hughes
Magda Hughes is a poet and writer living on Wurundjeri land. She is author of the poetry collection Her Skin Replies. Her work has appeared in Cordite and Guardian Australia, among other online and print locations.
Patrick Hunn
Patrick Hunn is a writer from New Zealand who lives in Melbourne. His fiction has most recently appeared in HEAT, Rooney and Going Down Swinging. His first collection of short stories, Either Way You Lose, was published by Sick Leave Press in September.
Favel Parrett
Favel Parrett is a writer based in Victoria, Australia, whose work explores landscape, memory and human connection. In 2011, Favel's career was launched with her critically acclaimed debut, PAST THE SHALLOWS. It was sold internationally and was shortlisted for the Miles Franklin Literary Award and won the Dobbie Literary Award. Favel won the ABIA Newcomer of the Year Award in 2012. Her novels WHEN THE NIGHT COMES (2016) and THERE WAS STILL LOVE (2019) further consolidated Favel's reputation with booksellers and readers. THERE WAS STILL LOVE was shortlisted for the Stella Prize and won Book of the Year at the 2020 Indie Book Awards. Favel is also the author of the bestselling children's books WANDI (2021) and KIMMI (2023). ONE FOR SORROW is her latest adult novel.
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