Claire G. Coleman (born 1974[1]) is a Wirlomin-Noongar-Australian writer[2] 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.[2][3]

Claire G. Coleman
Coleman delivering the Loris Williams Memorial Lecture, at the Australian Society of Archivists' 2018 annual conference, in Perth, Western Australia
Born1974
Occupations
  • Author
  • Poet
Notable workTerra Nullius, The Old Lie
Websitewww.clairegcoleman.com Edit this at Wikidata

She gave the Loris Williams Memorial Lecture at the 2018 Australian Society of Archivists conference.[4] Coleman's essay, After the Grog War, was shortlisted for the 2018 Horne Prize,[5] while another essay, Hidden in Plain Sight, was shortlisted for the 2019 Horne Prize.[6]

Works edit

Novels edit

  • 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 edit

Poetry edit

Non-fiction edit

  • "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

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  1. ^ Claire G. Coleman [@clairegcoleman] (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.
  2. ^ a b 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.
  3. ^ Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Radio National (27 January 2018), Sense of Place: Claire Coleman on Terra Nullius, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, retrieved 27 September 2018
  4. ^ "2018 ASA Conference Program". Australian Society of Archivists. Retrieved 27 September 2018.
  5. ^ "The Horne Prize". The Horne Prize. Archived from the original on 10 March 2020. Retrieved 4 December 2018.
  6. ^ "The Horne Prize". The Horne Prize. Archived from the original on 10 March 2020. Retrieved 17 November 2019.
  7. ^ Tehani (15 February 2018). "2017 Aurealis Awards shortlist announcement". aurealisawards.org. Aurealis Awards. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
  8. ^ a b "The Horne Prize: News". thehorneprize.com.au. Aesop and The Saturday Paper. Archived from the original on 10 March 2020. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
  9. ^ "Schmidt wins inaugural MUD Literary Prize for debut fiction". booksandpublishing.com.au. Books+Publishing. 6 March 2018. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
  10. ^ "The 2018 Stella Prize". thestellaprize.com.au. The Stella Prize. Archived from the original on 13 November 2020. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
  11. ^ "Neukom Institute Literary Arts Awards Announces 2019 Book Shortlist". sites.dartmouth.edu. Neukom Institute for Computational Science. 9 May 2019. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
  12. ^ "2019 QPF Philip Bacon Ekphrasis Award Winners". VerityLa. Verity La Inc. 6 September 2019. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
  13. ^ "2020 Peter Porter Poetry Prize Shortlist". Australian Book Review. No. 418. Australian Book Review Inc. January 2020. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
  14. ^ "Queensland Poetry Festival Awards 2020 shortlists announced". booksandpublishing.com.au. Books+Publishing. 3 July 2020. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
  15. ^ "Queensland Literary Awards winners for 2022". Queensland Government. 8 September 2022. Retrieved 8 September 2022.

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