![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Kim Lock and Kim Paul had written contemporary novels Laura Elvery had written a middle-grade novel Sarah Ridout and Kathy George had written Gothic novels Mhairead MacLeod had written a historical novel and J.M. I then went to the Queensland State Library to meet everybody else, including the other seven authors who’d been selected. She had also been selected for the Program a couple of years earlier, and was experiencing breakthrough success with her poignant novel, Mr. She and Nike Bourke had run the Olvar Wood Fellowship (a similar affair to the Program), for which my novel Pride had been selected in 2009. When I arrived in Queensland, I immediately caught up with Inga Simpson. It was gratifying given it was the novel I’d designated as THE ONE (as in the one where I was determined that it would be a breakthrough manuscript). However, Just Another Week in Suburbia was shortlisted. ![]() In 2013, I submitted Just Another Week in Suburbia and “Prudence” (the book I wrote immediately after) and, as had become my wont, didn’t expect anything. If they’re chosen, they submit the rest of the manuscript, then go to Queensland to participate in the Program. The Hachette Manuscript Program is a joint initiative between Hachette Australia and the Queensland Writers Centre, which involves a week of workshops on writing, editing, publishing, marketing, agents, among other things.Įntrants submit fifty pages. ![]()
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