LINDA SMITH • Mercury • May 23, 2014 12:00AM Tassie mum Karen Harrland with her daughter Asha, 8. Harrland has taken out the Finch Memoir Prize at the Sydney Writers Festival. Source: News Corp Australia TASMANIAN mother-of-three Karen Harrland is… Read More »Desert and dust inspires award-winning book
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http://thehoopla.com.au/lionhearted-love-far-tree/ The Hoopla interviews Karen Harrland about Spinifex Baby 23 05 14 ABOUT HOOPLA: News, politics, opinion, wellbeing, entertainment & matters of the heart. A conversation with the smartest (and funniest!) women in Australia.
http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/lifematters/spinifex-baby—finch-memoir-winner-2014/5473490 Spinifex Baby – Finch Memoir Prize winner 2014 When Karen Harrland and her husband Al took on the role of Conservation managers at Ethabuka Station in the Simpson Desert she didn’t expect a surprise pregnancy.
People have been asking me if my feet have hit the ground yet after winning the Finch Memoir Prize. Well, I thought an example last night might explain my life this week. I received an e-mail from my publisher, Finch, telling me I… Read More »Feet hitting the Ground
It has meant so much to me to hear a little piece of other peoples stories, which they have shared with me after hearing the Life Matters interview on Monday: http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/lifematters/spinifex-baby—finch-memoir-winner-2014/5473490 Everyone has a story to tell, I just happened to write… Read More »Life Matters
I’m very proud to be the winner of the 2014 Finch Memoir Prize. Announced at the Sydney Writers Festival, I have been gripping on to my brand new book very tight as I give speeches and interviews, (not to mention… Read More »Finch Memoir Prize
One woman’s moving story of discovering the paradox of the unique beauty and harsh reality of living in the Australian Simpson Desert. – Heidi Douglas, author of Catch up with the Sun
desertdwellers For those of you who haven’t seen it, this is the link to my former blog from when we living out in the Simpson Desert with our three children. At that time we were managing one million acres spread… Read More »desertdwellers
I’m on a placement for Uni, learning how to be a proper teacher, not just one who makes it up as I go along in my role as a Garden teacher. The class had just read a Mother’s Day book,… Read More »Mothers Day