My essay ‘Black Flowers’ about the 1980s nuclear noir tv Edge of Darkness and finding a form of hope in climate catastrophe, published in Fire, Flood, Plague: Australian writers respond
I talked with two of the authors shortlisted for the inaugural Stella Prize, Margo Lanagan (Sea Hearts/Brides of Rollrock Island) and Lisa Jacobson (The Sunlit Zone) in an interview for
Looking forward to beautiful Byron Bay Writers Festival in August: Full program just released here , including Susan Johnson, Charlotte Wood and many other awesome authors. I’ll be discussing A
Looking forward to a weekend in beautiful Bellingen, and panel discussions on ‘Writing and Society’ with Charlotte Wood and Vegas with the awesome Angela Meyer. Full program here.
I’ll be celebrating International Women’s Day, March 8, with a round of events discussing gender and writing. The Stella Prize, a new annual prize for Australian women’s writing, is organizing
Ruth Starke reviews A Common Loss in the February issue of Australian Book Review, out now: “The acute insights into human behaviour and the excellence of the writing – she
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.
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.
