Extract from Finch publishing Website: if you’re in Hobart on 26 June, why don’t you attend the launch of Spinifex Baby by Karen Harrland at Fullers Bookshop? Karen will be in conversation with Chris Gallagher, director of the Tasmanian Writers… Read More »Invite to Tasmanian Launch
Thanks to a friend in Adelaide (who I’ve known since I was 12!) who sent this photo of her gorgeous son pointing at my book. It’s amazing to see the books go on display in bookstores in my old home town.
The first thing I must say it is that you are a beautiful writer, you write heart wrenching desert prose. The story as a woman is more than compelling, it is an “Everywoman” story and I found myself in there,… Read More »Review from a reader
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