Claire G. Coleman | |
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Born | 1974 |
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Notable work | Terra Nullius, The Old Lie |
Coleman's voice recorded September 2018 | |
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Claire G. Coleman (born 1974) is a Wirlomin-Noongar-Australian writer and poet, whose 2017 debut novel, Terra Nullius won the Norma K Hemming Award. The first draft of resulted in Coleman being awarded the State Library of Queensland's 2016 black&write! Indigenous Writing Fellowship.
She gave the Loris Williams Memorial Lecture at the 2018 Australian Society of Archivists conference. Coleman's essay, After the Grog War, was shortlisted for the 2018 Horne Prize, while another essay, Hidden in Plain Sight, was shortlisted for the 2019 Horne Prize.
Works
Novels
- Terra Nullius, Hachette Australia, 2017, ISBN 978-0-7336-3831-2
- The Old Lie, Hachette Australia, 2019, ISBN 978-0-7336-4084-1
- Enclave, Hachette Australia, 2022, ISBN 978-0-7336-4086-5
Short fiction
- Michael Earp, ed. (2019), "Sweet", Kindred: 12 Queer #LoveOzYa anthology stories, Walker Books Australia, ISBN 978-1-7606-5103-9
- Leah Jing McIntost; Cher Tan; Adalya Nash Hussein; Hassan Abul, eds. (2020), "Wish You Were", Collisions: Fictions Of The Future - A Liminal Anthology, Pantera Press, ISBN 978-0-6487-9518-6
- "Saving Face", The Big Issue, The Big Issue, 2020, ISSN 1326-639X
- Michael Mohammed Ahmad, ed. (2020), "Ostraka", After Australia, Affirm Press, ISBN 978-1-9259-7281-8
- "The Mists Of Down Below", Griffith Review, 70 (4), Griffith University, November 2020, ISSN 1448-2924
Poetry
- "Strawberry Juice", Australian Poetry Journal, vol. 7, Australian Poetry, 2017, ISSN 2203-7519
- "Concrete Beneath My Feet", Australian Poetry Journal, vol. 7, Australian Poetry, 2017, ISSN 2203-7519
- "#DontMakeMeChoose", Australian Poetry Journal, vol. 8, Australian Poetry, 2018, ISSN 2203-7519
- "Pelin", VerityLa, Verity La Inc., 2019
- "That Wadjela Tongue", Australian Book Review, Australian Book Review Inc., 2020, ISSN 0155-2864
Non-fiction
- "When we encountered the nomads", Meanjin, vol. 76, Hachette Australia, 2017, pp. 88–94, ISSN 0025-6293
- Lies, Damned Lies: A personal exploration of the impact of colonisation, Ultimo Press, 2021, ISBN 978-1-7611-5009-8
Awards
- 2017 Aurealis Award for best science fiction novel shortlist for Terra Nullius
- 2018 Horne Prize shortlist for "After the Grog War"
- 2018 MUD Literary Prize finalist for Terra Nullius
- 2018 Stella Prize shortlist for Terra Nullius
- 2019 Horne Prize shortlist for "Hidden in Plain Sight"
- 2019 Neukom Institute Literary Arts Awards Debut shortlist for Terra Nullius
- 2019 Queensland Poetry Festival Philip Bacon Ekphrasis Award for "Pelin"
- 2020 Peter Porter Poetry Prize shortlist for "That Wadjela Tongue"
- 2020 Oodgeroo Noonuccal Indigenous Poetry Prize shortlist
- 2022 Queensland Literary Awards The University of Queensland Non-Fiction Book Award for Lies, Damned Lies
References
- Claire G. Coleman (10 February 2022). "Russell Brand is moving to the right ... He's a year younger than me so surely it's not age.. what is it?" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 10 February 2022 – via Twitter.
- ^ Sullivan, Veronica (22 August 2017). "'Speculative fiction is a powerful political tool': from War of the Worlds to Terra Nullius". The Guardian. Retrieved 27 September 2018.
- Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Radio National (27 January 2018), Sense of Place: Claire Coleman on Terra Nullius, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, retrieved 27 September 2018
- "2018 ASA Conference Program". Australian Society of Archivists. Retrieved 27 September 2018.
- "The Horne Prize". The Horne Prize. Archived from the original on 10 March 2020. Retrieved 4 December 2018.
- "The Horne Prize". The Horne Prize. Archived from the original on 10 March 2020. Retrieved 17 November 2019.
- Tehani (15 February 2018). "2017 Aurealis Awards shortlist announcement". aurealisawards.org. Aurealis Awards. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
- ^ "The Horne Prize: News". thehorneprize.com.au. Aesop and The Saturday Paper. Archived from the original on 10 March 2020. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
- "Schmidt wins inaugural MUD Literary Prize for debut fiction". booksandpublishing.com.au. Books+Publishing. 6 March 2018. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
- "The 2018 Stella Prize". thestellaprize.com.au. The Stella Prize. Archived from the original on 13 November 2020. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
- "Neukom Institute Literary Arts Awards Announces 2019 Book Shortlist". sites.dartmouth.edu. Neukom Institute for Computational Science. 9 May 2019. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
- "2019 QPF Philip Bacon Ekphrasis Award Winners". VerityLa. Verity La Inc. 6 September 2019. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
- "2020 Peter Porter Poetry Prize Shortlist". Australian Book Review. No. 418. Australian Book Review Inc. January 2020. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
- "Queensland Poetry Festival Awards 2020 shortlists announced". booksandpublishing.com.au. Books+Publishing. 3 July 2020. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
- "Queensland Literary Awards winners for 2022". Queensland Government. 8 September 2022. Retrieved 8 September 2022.
External links
- Official website
- Claire G. Coleman on Twitter
- Coleman's works at GoodReads
- "The Mists Of Down Below" in Griffith Review