Looking forward to chatting with Blanche Clark, Herald-Sun Books Editor, at Readings Hawthorn on Wednesday, February 8, at 6:30 pm. Click here for details.
- I'll be talking about @TheStellaPrize at King's Cross Library on International Women's Day, March 8 http://t.co/Lcctv1Pd
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January28th
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January25th
Month of Letters
Posted in: Inspiration
Author Mary Robinette Kowal has named February the “Month of Letters.” The challenge is to send something by email every mail-day in February. To read more about it, click here. I like the idea of getting back into writing things and sending them with a stamp on them. If you’d like a postcard from me, email me your address at kirsten@kirstentranter.com. Happy letter writing!
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January16th
I was interviewed by Caroline Baum. Here’s a short version and an extended version for you to watch:
Short version
Extended version:
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January6th
Jennifer Moran says that “Tranter’s achievement is considerable; her writing polished and assured, her evocation of the nuances of friendship finely delineated.” Read the whole review here.
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January2nd
Interview in the Tele
Posted in: A Common Loss, Articles, Australia, Interview, Media, Praise, Press, Review
I chatted with Nick Perry from AAP about second novel nerves, Donna Tartt, and writing about friendship: read the profile here.
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December30th
Geordie Williamson reviews A Common Loss in The Australian…
Posted in: A Common Loss, Articles, Australia, Media, Praise, Press, Review
… and delivers a pretty fantastic Christmas present. “The excitement of concealment and exposure – the bread and butter of genre thrills – is not all that holds the reader, however. A Common Loss is built from richer, more complex stuff. It is a tale of social artifice that unfolds in a city of mirrors, and a story of betrayal that nonetheless unfolds using Tennyson’s bleakly authentic language of loss.” (December 24, 2011) Read the whole review here.
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December30th
Mark Rubbo picks A Common Loss as one of the best of 2011
Posted in: A Common Loss, Australia, Praise, Press, Uncategorized
In his list of Books of the Year, the man behind the outstanding Readings bookshops writes in The Australian that “Kirsten Tranter’s second novel A Common Loss is a beauty… Tranter writes with great style and panache and is certainly going to become one of our major novelists.” (December 24 2011)
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December20th
Interview in Readings newsletter
Posted in: Articles, Interview, Media, Press, Uncategorized
On writing Vegas, noir, and the complex dynamics of friendship: an interview in the newsletter of the awesome Readings Bookshop. There’s a review from Readings’ Annie Condon here as well.
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December20th
Ten Terrifying Questions.
Posted in: Interview
I answered Booktopia’s legendary Ten Terrifying Questions: read the interview online here.
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December20th
“A Common Loss is a potent story of secrets, love, friendship and the bonds that keep people close.” Read Portia Lindsay’s review here.
