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Publications
Fiona writes fiction and poetry. Her publications and achievements are listed below.
Publications
'On Gorton Lake' (short story): Review of Australian Fiction October 2015
'Summoning the river snake' (poetry suite): Redroom Company, October 2015.
'William Creek' and 'Needlebook' (poems) Meanjin 74(1) 2015
'The knives are whispering in the drawer' (poem) Westerly 59:2 November 2014
‘Gulliver’ (poem) Swansea Review (online)
‘I.Love.Plants’ (short story) Island Magazine 129: Women, winter 2012
‘Firebug’ (short story) Meanjin 71(1) 2012
‘Imago’ and ‘Zeitgeist’ (poems) Mascara Literary Review, Issue 11: May 2012
‘Sea burial’ (poem) Planet Literary Magazine (UK) 204, November 2011 at 120.
‘Fairy’ (poem) Meanjin 70(3) 2011
‘Iron age’ HEAT 21: Without a paddle, 2009
‘Oyster’ Blake Prize for Poetry, 2009
Anthologies
‘Gulliver’ in Aranjuez, A (ed) Award Winning Australian Writing 2011 Melbourne Books, 2011
Awards, achievements and shortlistings
Doctor of Philosophy in Creative Writing, UWA 2016
Shortlisted: Noel Rowe Poetry Prize 2015
Varuna NSW LitLink Fellowship (Poetry) 2015
Dorothy Porter Prize for Poetry 2011 (joint winner; granted by Meanjin and the estate of Dorothy Porter)
Shoalhaven Literary Award 2010 (granted by FAWNSW Shoalhaven)
Shorlisted: NSW Writers Centre Varuna Award 2010
Shortlisted: Blake Prize for Poetry 2009
Australian Society of Authors’ mentorship (fiction) 2009
Readings and recordings
'Summoning the river snake' recorded for Redroom Company
‘Fairy’ recorded for Meanjin
‘Sea burial’ recorded for Planet Literary Magazine (UK)
‘Gulliver’ read at inauguration of Swansea Review
‘Gulliver’ read for Shoalhaven Literary Prize ceremony
Coming Soon
VIOLET KELLY AND THE JADE OWL
A centuries-old curse, a house of secrets and a young woman determined to find out the truth…
A laugh-out-loud adventure through 1930s Sydney’s glamorous (and gritty) underworld.