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Beth Spencer

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Born

Australia

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http://www.bethspencer.com

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Genre

Fiction, Poetry, Memoir

Member Since

July 2013

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I’m an Australian author writing a mix of fiction, poetry, memoir and essay.

My most recent book is The Age of Fibs: stories, memoir, microlit (SW, 2022).

Previous books include Vagabondage, a verse memoir about the year I lived in a campervan; How to Conceive of a Girl (fiction, Random House); and The Party of Life, a bilingual (English-Chinese) poetry collection from ASM/Flying Islands.

I’ve received various awards, such as the Age Short Story Award, runner up for the Steele Rudd Award (for How to Conceive of a Girl), and the Inaugural Dinny O’Hearn Fellowship. I’ve also received several fellowships from the Literature Board of the Australia Council and support from CreateNSW. In 2006 I was awarded a PhD for my thesis, 'The Body as Fiction ...more

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