Tony Birch: Pictures of You
Description
Join preeminent practitioner of the short story form and one of the country’s finest writers, Tony Birch, for a conversation about his new volume of collected stories, Pictures of You. Written over two decades, these poignant tales capture the heartache, humour and resilience of ordinary lives. With Jaclyn Crupi.
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Tony Birch
Tony Birch is the author of four novels: Women & Children, which won the 2024 The Age Fiction Book of the Year; The White Girl, winner of the 2020 NSW Premier’s Award for Indigenous Writing, and shortlisted for the 2020 Miles Franklin Literary Award; Ghost River, winner of the 2016 Victorian Premier’s Literary Award for Indigenous Writing; and Blood, which was shortlisted for the Miles Franklin Literary Award in 2012. He has also published two poetry books and four short story collections, the most recent of which, Dark as Last Night, won both the 2022 NSW Premier’s Literary Award and the Queensland Literary Award for Fiction. His latest book is Pictures of You: Collected Stories. In 2017 he was awarded the Patrick White Literary Award. Tony Birch is an activist, historian and essayist, and is currently the Boisbouvier Chair in Australian Literature at the University of Melbourne. Headshot: Savanna Kruger
Jaclyn Crupi
Jaclyn Crupi is a book editor, event moderator, awards judge and bookseller. She has worked in publishing since 2002. Jaclyn has written numerous books for both children and adults. Her latest book, Planting for Native Birds, Bees and Butterflies, was shortlisted for an Indie Book Award and an Australian Book Industry Award. Her most recent children’s book, The ABC Kids Guide to Loving the Planet, won the Environment Award for Children’s Literature. Jaclyn’s work has appeared in The Guardian, SBS Voices, At Home, The Canberra Times, PIP Magazine and Frankie, as well as the anthology Family published by Text Publishing.
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