Masters Series: Lucy Treloar
Season 6, Episode 247, Nov 05, 2023, 07:30 PM
Kate speaks to Melbourne author Lucy Treloar about her writing life.
Lucy Treloar was born in Malaysia and educated in England, Sweden and Melbourne. Her novel Salt Creek (2015) won the Dobbie Literary Award among others, and was shortlisted for the Miles Franklin Literary Award and the UK's Walter Scott Prize. Wolfe Island (2019), her second novel, won the Barbara Jefferis Award and was shortlisted for the Prime Minister's and NSW literary awards. She is a previous winner of the Commonwealth Short Story Prize (Pacific region). Lucy's essays and short fiction have appeared in publications including The Saturday Paper, Meanjin, The Age, Overland, Best Australian Stories and Foundational Fictions in South Australian History. A graduate of the University of Melbourne and RMIT, Lucy lives in inner Melbourne with her family.
We’ve spoken to Lucy before on The First Time Podcast for Apollo Bay Word Fest’s Warm Winter Words in 2020.
Her third novel is Days of Innocence and Wonder, published by Pan Macmillan, October 2023.
Check out show notes for this episode on our website www.thefirsttimepodcast.com or get in touch via Twitter (@thefirsttimepod) or Instagram (@thefirsttimepod).
You can support us and the making of Season Six via our Patreon page. Thanks for joining us!
Lucy Treloar was born in Malaysia and educated in England, Sweden and Melbourne. Her novel Salt Creek (2015) won the Dobbie Literary Award among others, and was shortlisted for the Miles Franklin Literary Award and the UK's Walter Scott Prize. Wolfe Island (2019), her second novel, won the Barbara Jefferis Award and was shortlisted for the Prime Minister's and NSW literary awards. She is a previous winner of the Commonwealth Short Story Prize (Pacific region). Lucy's essays and short fiction have appeared in publications including The Saturday Paper, Meanjin, The Age, Overland, Best Australian Stories and Foundational Fictions in South Australian History. A graduate of the University of Melbourne and RMIT, Lucy lives in inner Melbourne with her family.
We’ve spoken to Lucy before on The First Time Podcast for Apollo Bay Word Fest’s Warm Winter Words in 2020.
Her third novel is Days of Innocence and Wonder, published by Pan Macmillan, October 2023.
Check out show notes for this episode on our website www.thefirsttimepodcast.com or get in touch via Twitter (@thefirsttimepod) or Instagram (@thefirsttimepod).
You can support us and the making of Season Six via our Patreon page. Thanks for joining us!