Ella and the Amazing Frog Orchestra is a junior fiction book exploring themes of environment preservation, endangered species (frogs), finding home and human kindness. In this interview author Cassy Polimeni chats to UWAP intern Samantha Hearn about the first book in the Ella and the Frogs series.
My Heart is a Plastic Shoeisan unpublished poetry collection centred around the natural world, family bondsand relationships, andis shortlisted for the 2024 Dorothy Hewett Award. In this mini-interview,Healyshares what it feels like to be shortlisted and themotivationbehind thecollection.
The Fear of Empty Spacesby Rachel Bowman is an unpublished hauntinghistoricalnovel that is shortlisted for the 2024 Dorothy Hewett Award. In this mini-interview,Bowmanshares what it feels like to be shortlisted andthe challengesofwriting historical fiction.
The Lost Houseby KimberleyLipschusis a fractured reality, fairytale-like unpublished novel manuscript that is shortlisted for the 2024 Dorothy Hewett Award. In this mini-interview,Lipschusshares what it feels like to be shortlisted, the importance of writing andthe novel’s inspiration.