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.