Fiona Wright is a writer, editor and critic.

Her first poetry collection, Knuckled, won the 2012 Dame Mary Gilmore Award.

Her book of essays Small Acts of Disappearance: Essays on Hunger won the 2016 Nita B. Kibble Award and the Queensland Literary Award for non-fiction, and was shortlisted for The Stella Prize and the NSW Premier’s Douglas Stewart Award.

Her second poetry collection, DomesticInteriors, was shortlisted for the 2018 Prime Minister’s Literary Awards for Poetry.

She also published a second collection of essays, TheWorldWasWhole, in late 2018. This was longlisted for The Stella Prize in 2019.

She has a PhD at Western Sydney University’s Writing and Society Research Centre. Her poems and essays have been published in the Australian, Meanjin, Island, Overland, The Lifted Brow, Seizure and HEAT.

Read the complete transcript of our interview with Fiona at thegarretpodcast.com. If you are interested in writing memoir or the link between writing and chronic illness, listen to our previous episode with Sam Twyford-Moore.

About The Garret

Follow The Garret on Twitter or Facebook, and follow our host Astrid Edwards on Twitter or Instagram. The Garret is supported by the Australia Council of the Arts and partners with the State Library of Victoria. 

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Fiona Wright is a writer, editor and critic. Her first poetry collection, Knuckled, won the 2012 Dame Mary Gilmore Award. Her book of essays Small Acts of Disappearance: Essays on Hunger won the 2016 Nita B. Kibble Award and the Queensland Literary Award for non-fiction, and was shortlisted for The Stella Prize and the NSW Premier’s Douglas Stewart Award. Her second poetry collection, DomesticInteriors, was shortlisted for the 2018 Prime Minister’s Literary Awards for Poetry. She also published a second collection of essays, TheWorldWasWhole, in late 2018. This was longlisted for The Stella Prize in 2019. She has a PhD at Western Sydney University’s Writing and Society Research Centre. Her poems and essays have been published in the Australian, Meanjin, Island, Overland, The Lifted Brow, Seizure and HEAT. Read the complete transcript of our interview with Fiona at thegarretpodcast.com. If you are interested in writing memoir or the link between writing and chronic illness, listen to our previous episode with Sam Twyford-Moore. About The Garret Follow The Garret on Twitter or Facebook, and follow our host Astrid Edwards on Twitter or Instagram. The Garret is supported by the Australia Council of the Arts and partners with the State Library of Victoria. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Fiona Wright&nbsp;is a writer, editor and critic.

Her first poetry collection, Knuckled, won the 2012 Dame Mary Gilmore Award.

Her book of essays Small Acts of Disappearance: Essays on Hunger&nbsp;won the 2016 Nita B. Kibble Award and the Queensland Literary Award for non-fiction, and was shortlisted for The Stella Prize and the NSW Premier’s Douglas Stewart Award.

Her second poetry collection, DomesticInteriors, was shortlisted for the 2018 Prime Minister’s Literary Awards for Poetry.

She also published a second collection of essays, TheWorldWasWhole, in late 2018. This was longlisted for The Stella Prize in 2019.

She has a PhD at Western Sydney University’s Writing and Society Research Centre. Her poems and essays have been published in the Australian, Meanjin, Island, Overland, The Lifted Brow, Seizure and HEAT.

Read the complete transcript of our interview with Fiona at thegarretpodcast.com. If you are interested in writing memoir or the link between writing and chronic illness, listen to our previous episode with Sam Twyford-Moore.

About The Garret

Follow The Garret on Twitter or Facebook, and follow our&nbsp;host Astrid Edwards on Twitter or Instagram. The Garret is supported by the Australia Council of the Arts and partners with the State Library of Victoria.&nbsp;

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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<a href="https://linktr.ee/garretpodcast">The Garret: Writers and Publishing</a>&nbsp;is a podcast for lovers of books and storytelling, hosted by Astrid Edwards.
Listen to Australia&rsquo;s greatest writers and storytellers speak about their craft, including Tony Birch, Maxine Beneba Clarke, Trent Dalton, Michelle de Kretser, Richard Fidler, Richard Flanagan, Jane Harper, Anita Heiss, Ben Law, John Marsden, Dervla McTiernan, Scott Pape, Leigh Sales, Christos Tsolkas, Tara June Winch, Charlotte Wood, Alexis Wright, as well as many more.
Founded in 2017, it was dedicated to Australian writers and their craft. In 2023, it expanded focus to interview industry figures about what gets published (and why).
The podcast surpassed 610,000 downloads, and every interview is archived in&nbsp;<a href="https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/27358527">AusLit</a>, the definitive resource for Australian literary, print, and narrative cultures.
The Garret is on hold as Astrid completes her PhD investigating the environmental responsibility of the Australian book publishing industry.
You can follow our host Astrid Edwards at <a href="https://astridedwards.com/" data-wpel-link="external">astridedwards.com</a>.

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The Garret: Writers and Publishing is a podcast for lovers of books and storytelling, hosted by Astrid Edwards. Listen to Australia’s greatest writers and storytellers speak about their craft, including Tony Birch, Maxine Beneba Clarke, Trent Dalton, Michelle de Kretser, Richard Fidler, Richard Flanagan, Jane Harper, Anita Heiss, Ben Law, John Marsden, Dervla McTiernan, Scott Pape, Leigh Sales, Christos Tsolkas, Tara June Winch, Charlotte Wood, Alexis Wright, as well as many more. Founded in 2017, it was dedicated to Australian writers and their craft. In 2023, it expanded focus to interview industry figures about what gets published (and why). The podcast surpassed 610,000 downloads, and every interview is archived in AusLit, the definitive resource for Australian literary, print, and narrative cultures. The Garret is on hold as Astrid completes her PhD investigating the environmental responsibility of the Australian book publishing industry. You can follow our host Astrid Edwards at astridedwards.com.

<a href="https://linktr.ee/garretpodcast" rel="noopener noreferrer">The Garret: Writers and Publishing</a>&nbsp;is a podcast for lovers of books and storytelling, hosted by Astrid Edwards.
Listen to Australia’s greatest writers and storytellers speak about their craft, including Tony Birch, Maxine Beneba Clarke, Trent Dalton, Michelle de Kretser, Richard Fidler, Richard Flanagan, Jane Harper, Anita Heiss, Ben Law, John Marsden, Dervla McTiernan, Scott Pape, Leigh Sales, Christos Tsolkas, Tara June Winch, Charlotte Wood, Alexis Wright, as well as many more.
Founded in 2017, it was dedicated to Australian writers and their craft. In 2023, it expanded focus to interview industry figures about what gets published (and why).
The podcast surpassed 610,000 downloads, and every interview is archived in&nbsp;<a href="https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/27358527" rel="noopener noreferrer">AusLit</a>, the definitive resource for Australian literary, print, and narrative cultures.
The Garret is on hold as Astrid completes her PhD investigating the environmental responsibility of the Australian book publishing industry.
You can follow our host Astrid Edwards at <a href="https://astridedwards.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer">astridedwards.com</a>.

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