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Author Archives: Angela Savage
I never can say goodbye…
The combined demands of a busy (but highly satisfying) day job and supporting my daughter through Year 12 meant I started 2023 with the intention of temporarily winding back my involvement at writers festivals and events. So far, I rate … Continue reading
Australian historical fiction reading list
(Whispering, so as not to jinx it) I am having a go at writing historical fiction set in Australia – specifically Melbourne and Queensland – in the second half of the nineteenth century. Mindful of the need to be a … Continue reading
Posted in Works in progress
Tagged Australia, Australian fiction, historical fiction, nineteenth century
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Celebrating Gravy Day
Fans of the general knowledge crossword in The Age newspaper would have read this clue for 18 across last Saturday: Now a quintessential Australian Christmas anthem, what song written by Australian musician Paul Kelly in 1996, has given rise to … Continue reading
Minds Went Walking
I am so excited to be part of Minds Went Walking: Paul Kelly’s Songs Reimagined, to be released by Fremantle Press in a matter of weeks. The book is the brainchild of co-editors Jock Serong, Mark Smith and Neil A … Continue reading
Posted in Angela Savage, short story
Tagged Angela Savage, Ballan, Jock Serong, Mark Smith, Michelle Wright, Minds Went Walking, Neil A White, Paul Kelly
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Felony and Fun
Crime fiction can be deadly serious, but it can also have a lighter, even amusing side. On Friday 28 October, on behalf of Sisters in Crime Australia, I take great delight in interrogating authors Kirsty Manning, Katherine Kovacic, and Lucia … Continue reading
Posted in crime fiction
Tagged Katherine Kovacic, Kirsty Manning, Lucia Nardo, Sisters in Crime Australia
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Hilary Mantel, my mother and me
When my mother Olgamary was first diagnosed with terminal cancer in 2010, I asked if she had any regrets. Without missing a beat, she said, “I might not live to read the sequel to Wolf Hall.” The story became so well-known … Continue reading
Tagged books, daughter, Hilary Mantel, mother, reading
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Terror Australis 2022
I am greatly looking forward to returning to Tasmania next month for the Terror Australis Readers and Writers Festival 2022 (TAF2022). I had the great pleasure of being part of the inaugural festival in 2019 in Cygnet and the digital … Continue reading
Port Fairy Literary Weekend
I’m thrilled to bits to be appearing at the inaugural Port Fairy Literary Weekend, brainchild of local bookseller Jo Canham of Blarney Books. Officially, I have two events: Launch of The Settlement by Jock Serong Hosted by Angela Savage Sat … Continue reading
Warm Winter Read
‘Grab your book, blanket and beanie – we’re hibernating with books this winter!’ In my day job as CEO of Public Libraries Victoria, I’m part of a working group behind the Warm Winter Read, a campaign designed to encourage readers … Continue reading
Posted in Books
Tagged Christos Tsiolkas, Claire G Coleman, Helen Garner, Jane Harper, Jock Serong, Maxine Beneba Clarke, reading, rebecca Lim, Toni Jordan, Warm Winter Read
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