ADELAIDE WRITERS’ WEEK
February 6th 2010 12:34
ADELAIDE WRITERS’ WEEK
28 February–5 March 2010
HarperCollinsPublishers would like to welcome authors attending the 2010 Adelaide Writers’ Week. The line-up does justice to the Adelaide’s reputation as home of the most prestigious Australian literary festival. Among a dazzling array of local and international writers, the program includes Steven Conte, Andrea Goldsmith, Philip Hoare, Adam Nicolson, Ian Townsend and Salley Vickers.
Steven Conte was born in 1966 and raised in Guyra in rural New South Wales. After six years of boarding school, he lived and worked in Europe, and his first published short stories drew on his experiences as a traveller. Bank teller, waiter, barman, cleaner, life model, public servant, taxi driver, receptionist, university tutor, editor and book reviewer are some of the jobs with which he has supported his writing. In 2008, his debut novel, The Zookeeper’s War, was awarded the inaugural Prime Minister’s Literary Award for Fiction. He has lived in both Sydney and Canberra and now resides in Melbourne.
Andrea Goldsmith originally trained as a speech pathologist and was a pioneer in the development of communication aids for people unable to speak. Her first novel, Gracious Living, was published in 1989. This was followed by Modern Interiors, then Facing the Music, Under the Knife and The Prosperous Thief, which was shortlisted for the 2003 Miles Franklin award. Her sixth novel, Reunion, was published in May by 4th Estate. Her literary essays have appeared in Heat, Meanjin, Australian Book Review, Best Australian Essays and numerous anthologies. She has taught creative writing throughout Australia, and has mentored several new writers. She lives in inner Melbourne.
All his life, Philip Hoare has been obsessed by whales, from the gigantic skeletons in London’s Natural History Museum to adult encounters with the wild animals themselves. He was born and brought up in Southampton, where he still lives. Hoare is the author of several books, including Serious Pleasures: The Life of Stephen Tennant; Noel Coward; Oscar Wilde’s Last Stand; Spike Island and England’s Lost Eden. Each summer he visits Cape Cod, where, as a member of the Center for Coastal Studies, he undertakes twice-daily expeditions to watch its whales. His latest book, Leviathan or, The Whale, was published in September 2008 and takes a look at Hoare’s life-long infatuation with whales. It received the 2009 Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction and takes the reader on a personal, historical and biographical journey — from his childhood to his fascination with Moby-Dick and his excursions whale-watching.
Adam Nicolson is a prize-winning author, celebrated columnist and architecture enthusiast. His books include Sea Room, Earls of Paradise and Arcadia: England and the Dream of Perfection. His most recent book, Sissinghurst, is a fascinating account of Nicolson’s own national treasure: his family home. Nicolson’s family seat is one of the oldest in England. He is the son of writer Nigel Nicolson and grandson of the writers Vita Sackville-West and Sir Harold Nicolson. Sissinghurst has been with the family for generations, and under the control of Nicolson’s father it became part of the National Trust. Nicolson relays the history of this beautiful house and its gardens and describes how the family has adapted to living in a national treasure. He is also winner of the Somerset Maugham Award and the British Topography Prize. Adam currently resides on a farm in Sussex with his family.
Ian Townsend is a journalist with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. His first novel, Affection, was shortlisted for the 2005 Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards, the 2006 Commonwealth Writers’ Prize for a first novel, and the 2006 Colin Roderick Award. He’s also the winner of two Australian Eureka Prizes for science and medical research journalism, and was the 2006 John Oxley Library research fellow. In 2006, he was long-listed for the Dublin IMPAC literary award. His most recent work, The Devil’s Eye, was published by 4th Estate in September of 2008.
Salley Vickers has worked as a dancer, an artist’s model, a university teacher of literature and a psychoanalyst. Her debut novel, Miss Garnet’s Angel, became a publishing phenomenon, selling over 350,000 copies in paperback. Her much-loved works include Instances of the Number 3, Mr Golightly’s Holiday and The Other Side of You. Salley’s fifth book, Dancing Backwards, was published by 4th Estate in August and is delivered with the all the panache and elegance her readers have come to expect from her. She currently divides her time between London and Venice.
28 February–5 March 2010
HarperCollinsPublishers would like to welcome authors attending the 2010 Adelaide Writers’ Week. The line-up does justice to the Adelaide’s reputation as home of the most prestigious Australian literary festival. Among a dazzling array of local and international writers, the program includes Steven Conte, Andrea Goldsmith, Philip Hoare, Adam Nicolson, Ian Townsend and Salley Vickers.
Andrea Goldsmith originally trained as a speech pathologist and was a pioneer in the development of communication aids for people unable to speak. Her first novel, Gracious Living, was published in 1989. This was followed by Modern Interiors, then Facing the Music, Under the Knife and The Prosperous Thief, which was shortlisted for the 2003 Miles Franklin award. Her sixth novel, Reunion, was published in May by 4th Estate. Her literary essays have appeared in Heat, Meanjin, Australian Book Review, Best Australian Essays and numerous anthologies. She has taught creative writing throughout Australia, and has mentored several new writers. She lives in inner Melbourne.
All his life, Philip Hoare has been obsessed by whales, from the gigantic skeletons in London’s Natural History Museum to adult encounters with the wild animals themselves. He was born and brought up in Southampton, where he still lives. Hoare is the author of several books, including Serious Pleasures: The Life of Stephen Tennant; Noel Coward; Oscar Wilde’s Last Stand; Spike Island and England’s Lost Eden. Each summer he visits Cape Cod, where, as a member of the Center for Coastal Studies, he undertakes twice-daily expeditions to watch its whales. His latest book, Leviathan or, The Whale, was published in September 2008 and takes a look at Hoare’s life-long infatuation with whales. It received the 2009 Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction and takes the reader on a personal, historical and biographical journey — from his childhood to his fascination with Moby-Dick and his excursions whale-watching.
Adam Nicolson is a prize-winning author, celebrated columnist and architecture enthusiast. His books include Sea Room, Earls of Paradise and Arcadia: England and the Dream of Perfection. His most recent book, Sissinghurst, is a fascinating account of Nicolson’s own national treasure: his family home. Nicolson’s family seat is one of the oldest in England. He is the son of writer Nigel Nicolson and grandson of the writers Vita Sackville-West and Sir Harold Nicolson. Sissinghurst has been with the family for generations, and under the control of Nicolson’s father it became part of the National Trust. Nicolson relays the history of this beautiful house and its gardens and describes how the family has adapted to living in a national treasure. He is also winner of the Somerset Maugham Award and the British Topography Prize. Adam currently resides on a farm in Sussex with his family.
Ian Townsend is a journalist with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. His first novel, Affection, was shortlisted for the 2005 Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards, the 2006 Commonwealth Writers’ Prize for a first novel, and the 2006 Colin Roderick Award. He’s also the winner of two Australian Eureka Prizes for science and medical research journalism, and was the 2006 John Oxley Library research fellow. In 2006, he was long-listed for the Dublin IMPAC literary award. His most recent work, The Devil’s Eye, was published by 4th Estate in September of 2008.
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