Favel Parrett

Favel Parrett
Born
Favel Parrett

Australia
NationalityAustralian
Occupationwriter
Known forPast the Shallows
Websitehttp://www.favelparrett.com.au/

Favel Parrett is an Australian writer.

Career

Parrett's first novel, Past the Shallows, was shortlisted for the Miles Franklin Award in 2012 and also won the Dobbie Literary Prize and Newcomer of the Year at the Australian Book Industry Awards. She was awarded the Antarctic Arts Fellowship, allowing her to travel to Antarctica to complete research for her second novel, When the Night Comes.[1] Her latest novel, There Was Still Love, was published in September 2019 by Hachette Australia.

Parrett also writes short stories, which have been published in journals and anthologies including Meanjin, Island, Best Australian Stories and Griffith Review.

Bibliography
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Novels
  • Parrett, Favel (2011). Past the shallows. Sydney: Hachette Australia.
  • When the Night Comes (2014)
  • There Was Still Love (2019)

Critical studies and reviews of Parrett's work

Awards
  • 2012 winner of the Dobbie Award
  • 2012 shortlisted Booksellers Choice Award
  • 2012 finalist Melbourne Prize — Best Writing Award
  • 2012 shortlisted Miles Franklin Literary Award
  • 2012 shortlisted Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIA) — Australian Literary Fiction Book of the Year
  • 2012 winner Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIA) — Australian Newcomer of the Year
  • 2015 longlisted Miles Franklin Literary Award
  • 2015 shortlisted ASAL Awards — ALS Gold Medal
  • 2015 shortlisted Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIA) — Australian Literary Fiction Book of the Year
  • 2015 shortlisted The Indie Books Awards
  • 2015 shortlisted ABA's Booksellers Choice Award
  • 2020 shortlisted Stella Prize[2]
  • 2020 winner Indie Book Awards Book of the Year and Fiction Book of the Year[3]
  • 2020 shortlisted for ALS Gold Medal[4]

References
  1. "When the Night Comes by Favel Parrett". www.readings.com.au. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
  2. "Stella Prize 2020 shortlist announced". Books+Publishing. 6 March 2020. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
  3. "Australian Independent Bookseller - News & Features". Australian Independent Bookseller. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
  4. "ALS Gold Medal 2020 shortlist announced". Books+Publishing. 20 May 2020. Retrieved 21 May 2020.


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