This week, join us on Podstreet as host Will Yeoman catches up with WA author Brendan Ritchie, whose latest novel Eta Draconis, winner of the prestigious 2022 Dorothy Hewett Award for an Unpublished Manuscript, has just been published by UWAP.
Listen below, or wherever you listen to your podcasts.
You can find Brendan Ritchie at the following events discussing his new novel Eta Draconis over the coming few months:
More information:
Eta Draconis Book Launch at Margaret River Readers & Writers Festival
More information: YA for WA at The Literature Centre
More information: City of Perth Library: A conversation with author Brendan Ritchie
More information: YA Book Club at Dymocks Joondalup
More information: Margaret River Library: Author Talk with Brendan Ritchie
Eta Draconis is released on the 14th of May, pre-order now from your local bookshop or online at:
If you’re a fan of YA, you’re in the right place. We’re celebrating local with host Bianca Breen in conversation with Brendan Ritchie about his new release novel, ETA DRACONIS. Then, test your knowledge of Australian YA in a fun, Jeopardy-style game. There’ll be snacks and refreshments provided, and plenty of bookish chatter.
Love to Read Local Week is a state-wide campaign by Writing WA showcasing and celebrating Western Australia’s wonderful writers and illustrators and the books they create. The mission is to connect Western Australian readers with Western Australian books through a program of events.
This event has been enabled by Writing WA’s Love to Read Local Week and the Copyright Agency Cultural Fund.
Date and time: Fri, 2 Jun 2023, 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM
Location: The Literature Centre Hampton Road Fremantle, WA 6160
Cost: Free, but registrations are a must.
Join local author Brendan Ritchie as he tells us about his new book ‘Eta Draconis’.
Eta Draconis is an epic story about two resilient sisters who are determined to live their life in a world on the brink of destruction. Winner of the 2022 Dorothy Hewett Award, Brendan Ritchie’s Eta Draconis is timely, hopeful and full of suspense.
This event is supporting Writing WA’s Love to Read Local Week 2023.
Date: Friday 9 June 2023
Time: 6:30pm to 7:30pm
Venue: City of Perth Library, 573 Hay Street, Perth
Cost: Free, book now as places are limited.
Sunday 14 May 2023
9:30am – 10:30am
Readers & 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 to the city from their small coastal town in southwest Western Australia ahead of the coming semester, they are forced to confront their problems and recalibrate their hopes for the future. Join Brendan Ritchie for a poetic and compelling discussion of his award-winning novel.
Hosted by Barry Divola
Proudly supported by UWAP
Saturday 13 May 2023
4.00pm-5.30pm
Shelter 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 Kelly and 2021 Dorothy Hewett award winner Josh Kemp and journalists Sarah McNeill (The Post) and Nicky Lefebvre (The Mail) for this relaxed and highly informative writers networking event.
Hosted by Aksel Dadswell
Proudly presented by Edith Cowan University School of Arts & Humanities
Includes free tea & coffee. Drinks available to purchase.
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.
You can read the article on the Books + Publishing website.
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 as meteorites begin to rain down from the dying star Eta Draconis. The world does not collapse, but old certainties disappear and a new mood falls over human societies. A road narrative set in Western Australia’s southwest, Eta Draconis follows two sisters as they survive in these complicated times. A poetic and compelling novel for the COVID moment.
UWA Publishing
The winner will receive $10,000 prize money, as well as manuscript development and a publishing contract with UWAP. Previous recipients include the inaugural winner, Extinctions by Josephine Wilson, which went on to win the 2017 Miles Franklin Literary Award.
For more information, including the full list of shortlisted manuscripts, visit UWA Publishing’s website.
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