Australian Short Story Festival: In Conversation with Tony Birch and Cate Kennedy
Date:
With:
Tony Birch, Cate Kennedy
Rating:
ALL
Summary:
The annual Australian Short Story Festival is back this October and for the first time it is being held in Melbourne! From the 18th-20th of October at the Hawthorn Arts Festival, you can come along and join a number of great authors and share your love for the short story form with other short story fans!
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About Tony Birch
Tony Birch is the author of Ghost River, which won the Victorian Premier’s Literary Award for Indigenous Writing and Blood, which was shortlisted for the Miles Franklin Award. He is also the author of Shadowboxing and three short story collections, Father’s Day, The Promise and Common People. In 2017 he was awarded the Patrick White Literary Award. Tony is a frequent contributor to ABC local and national radio and a regular guest at writers’ festivals. He lives in Melbourne and is a Senior Research Fellow at Victoria University.
About Cate Kennedy
Cate Kennedy is a short story tragic – it’s her favourite form and she is the author of many stories published in Australia and internationally. She has two collections: “Dark Roots” (2006, Scribe Publications) and “Like a House on Fire” (2011, Scribe Publications), both of which are currently studied on the VIctorian School VCE syllabus. She has received several awards for her work and has edited “Best Australian Stories” twice. She squeezes writing in around teaching and editing, and is a fiction advisor on the faculty of Pacific University’s MFA in Creative Writing Low Residency Program in Portland, Oregon.
Venue:
360 Burwood Rd
Hawthorn
Victoria 3122 Australia
Contact:
Phone: 90947855
Email: [email protected]