Sunday 14 May 20239:30am – 10:30amReaders & Writers Room, Margaret River HEART – Nala Bardip Mia Winner of the 2022 Dorothy Hewett Award Life on earth undergoes a complex change as meteorites begin to rain down from the dying star Eta Draconis; the world does not collapse, but old certainties disappear. As two sisters journey […]
Saturday 13 May 20234.00pm-5.30pmShelter Brewing, Busselton Got loads of burning questions about writing? Wondering about the best way to get your book published? We’ve got the answers from our expert team at this literary-star studded sundowner. Join publisher Kate Pickard (UWAP), literary agent and publicist Brendan Fredericks, 2022 Dorothy Hewitt winner Brendan Ritchie, 2022 Ned […]
Eta Draconis has been reviewed by Danielle Bagnato at Books + Publishing. Eta Draconis is a poetic coming-of-age story for readers who enjoy realistic dystopian fiction. Danielle Bagnato You can read the full review on the Books + Publishing website.
“UWA Publishing, with thanks to the Copyright Agency, is excited to be announcing the winner of the 2022 Dorothy Hewett Award for an Unpublished Manuscript: Brendan Ritchie for his manuscript Eta Draconis.”
Books + Publishing, “Australia’s number-one source of news about the book industry” has reported on the news of the Dorothy Hewett Award shortlist announcement. UWA Publishing, in partnership with The Copyright Agency, presents this annual award for an unpublished manuscript. Brendan Ritchie’s novel Eta Draconis is on the shortlist, and the winner will be announced soon. […]
Brendan Ritchie’s unpublished manuscript, Eta Draconis, has been shortlisted for The Dorothy Hewett Award for an Unpublished Manuscript. The esteemed judging panel for the Award run by UWA Publishing (UWAP), in partnership with The Copyright Agency Cultural Fund, included Tony Hughes-d’Aeth, Leni Shilton, Astrid Edwards and Eleanor Hurt. Life on earth undergoes a complex change […]
Fremantle Press interviewed Brendan about his chapter in the book Beyond the Dark: Dystopian Texts in the Secondary English Classroom (edited by Patricia Dowsett, Ellen Rees and Alex Wharton, and published by the Australian Association for the Teaching of English). Classic dystopian novels like 1984 and Tomorrow When the War Began still appear to be popular choices […]
Australian Association for the Teaching of English (AATE) have released their new publication, Beyond the Dark. Dystopian texts represent worlds that are both strange and strangely familiar. Appearing at a time of climate crisis and pandemic, this publication is intended as a guide for English teachers as they develop learning sequences for their students that […]
The Literature Centre’s seventh annual Celebrate Reading National Conference, titled Insights into Quality Australian Literature for Young Adults will be held from Friday 26 October to Saturday 27 October 2018. Brendan Ritchie will join authors Cath Crowley, Will Kostakis, Jay Kristoff, Jaclyn Moriarty, James Roy, Jared Thomas, Fiona Wood, and Claire Zorn over the inspiring two-day […]
Brendan Ritchie will be appearing as part of the Margaret River Young Readers & Writers Festival at the end of next month. The Young Readers & Writers program tours schools in the region promoting “the joy of reading from the earliest possible age.” Participating writers include Deborah Abela, Sasha Wasley, as well as artists Chris […]
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