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Brendan Ritchie

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Brendan Ritchie is a writer and filmmaker from Fremantle, WA.

In 2015 he published his debut novel Carousel and was awarded a PhD in Creative Writing. Carousel has been critically acclaimed and was longlisted for the 2016 Gold Inky Awards. The sequel, Beyond Carousel, is now available.

In addition to writing, Brendan spends his time lecturing across a range of creative disciplines.

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Celebrate Reading National Conference

The Literature Centre’s seventh annual Celebrate Reading National Conference, titled Insights into Quality Australian Literature for Young Adults will be held from Friday 26 October to Saturday 27 October 2018.

Brendan Ritchie will join authors Cath Crowley, Will Kostakis, Jay Kristoff, Jaclyn Moriarty, James Roy, Jared Thomas, Fiona Wood, and Claire Zorn over the inspiring two-day event.

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Average rating: 3.59 · 352 ratings · 80 reviews · 2 distinct works • Similar authors

	Carousel 3.48 avg rating — 274 ratings — published 2015 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Beyond Carousel 3.96 avg rating — 78 ratings — published 2016 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Brendan Ritchie and 2 other people liked Katg's review of Beyond Carousel: "Remember when you were a kid and you read a book & loved it's much you had to get a friend to read it too so you could talk about it for ages together? That's how I feel, wired, excited & buzzing to talk about how much I loved this book. B..." Read more of this review »
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Brendan Ritchie answered a question about Beyond Carousel: Were Taylor and Lizzy based off 'Tegan and Sara'? Saw a thing in the paper about them this morning and remembered Carousel immediately. Hi Jaz. I'm a huge fan of Tegan and Sara! But I also have twin sisters myself, so the whole inspiration thing is a little murky. The idea for Carousel actually came to me while at a Death Cab for Cutie gig in Perth. Super weird I know! Thanks for... See Full Answer
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