LITTLE GODS shortlisted for the 2019 Stella Prize

 

Little Gods received excellent reviews in The Australian newspaper, The Age/SMH, The Saturday Paper and at various online outlets. Louise Swinn in The Australian says ‘Ackland’s Australian forebears here are Christina Stead, Miles Franklin and Amy Witting. Maybe Olive is our Scout Finch.’

EA in The Saturday Paper says Little Gods ‘[is] lyrically written… Australian to its core and both nostalgic and razor-sharp” and “farcical; laugh-out-loud funny and desperately sad.’

Watch a trailer for Little Gods on YouTube here

Little Gods was launched at Readings Carlton by Tracy Farr and you can read about it here.

 

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The Australian said: ‘[The Secret Son] is rich in complications and worthy of Ackland’s varied narrative gifts. She has a keen sense of characters’ capacity for distracting reverie and she is also adept at elision: releasing information with unexpected and telling effects.’

‘Ackland [has] given us [a first novel] that reshape[s] familiar historical material with originality and dash; sustains [her] strange tales with assurance; move[s] confidently between countries and eras, intimate and national histories; [AND] offer[s] [one] more indication of the present and future health of Australian fiction.’

Read more news and reviews of The Secret Son

 

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LINKS + NEWS

Bad Diaries Salon Melbourne 2023 #NOTES

Bad Diaries Salon Bendigo 2023 #DREAM

Bad Diaries Salon NZ 2023 #EX

Bad Diaries Salon NZ 2022 #RADICAL

Little Gods shortlisted in the 2019 Stella Prize, The Guardian

Williamstown Literary Festival appearance

The Bad Diaries of writers Jenny Ackland and William McInnes, radio interview

How to become a writer (blog guest appearance)

Why one of Australia’s best novelists believes creative talent, like wine, improves over time, Women’s Agenda article

Triple R radio interview about Little Gods

The Book Show on ABC talking about Little Gods

BBC Radio 4 Open Book list

Meet an Aussie Author, blog appearance

Jenny Ackland on writing Little Gods, Writers Vic interview

Writers Under the Influence event @ Buck Mulligan’s Whiskey Bar

 

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