Tracy Farr's Blog, page 2
February 19, 2020
Bad Diaries Salon #CREEP, Lit Crawl Perth, 20 Feb 2020
We’re thrilled to announce our first Bad Diaries Salon for 2020. We’ll be in Perth on 20 February for Perth’s first ever Lit Crawl, part of the mighty Perth Festival‘s 2020 Festival of Literature & Ideas. We’re truly grateful to the remarkable Sisonke Msimang, curator of the Literature & Ideas programme, for inviting Bad Diaries ... Read more...
November 8, 2019
Bad Diaries Salon #CRUSH, Wellington LitCrawl
Were ridiculously excited to announce another upcoming Bad Diaries Salon. Well be back in Aotearoa on 9 November for Verb Wellington feat. LitCrawl. All details at Verb Wellington. Bad Diaries Salon: Crush Returning to LitCrawl after a fabulous Wellington debut in 2018 (see Tara Blacks live-drawn review), Bad Diaries Salon: CRUSH will feature four writers ... Read more...
October 27, 2019
Dundee University Review of the Arts reviews The Hope Fault
Victoria Lothian has written a beautiful, considered review of The Hope Fault for Dundee University Review of the Arts (DURA). Farr’s elegant and descriptive language captures the ordinary and intricate moments of daily family communications […] The Hope Fault leaves us with a quiet sense of hope that not every fault line will cause tremors ... Read more...
October 17, 2019
In conversation, Tracy Farr and Annabel Smith, Perth
Im visiting Perth in October, and thrilled to be doing a few events while Im there, including this one at Riverton Library. Itll be a real treat to talk with my friend and wonderful writer Annabel Smith. I hope you can join us. In Conversation with Tracy Farr and Annabel Smith Come along and hear ... Read more...
October 15, 2019
Bad Diaries Salon #BURN, Perth
Im going to be in Perth for a fortnight in October (for the stage premiere of The Hope Fault at WAAPA) a perfect excuse, if one is needed, to throw a Bad Diaries Salon (and a few other events)! Returning to Perth for the first time in 2 years, this Bad Diaries Salon will be all ... Read more...
October 11, 2019
The Hope Fault at WAAPA, 11 to 17 October
My second novel, The Hope Fault, has been adapted for the stage by writer/director Andrew Hale for Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA) at Edith Cowan University. Itll be performed by the entire 18-strong 2nd Year Acting cohort at WAAPA, in a world premiere run from 11 to 17 October 2019. Ill be in ... Read more...
October 9, 2019
In conversation, Tracy Farr and Annabel Smith, Mandurah
Im pleased to be doing a few events in and around Perth while Im visiting in October, including this one at Falcon Library in Mandurah. Hope to see you there, if youre in the neighbourhood. Writers in the Library In conversation with Tracy Farr Join us at Falcon eLibrary and Community Centre to hear Tracy ... Read more...
September 9, 2019
Roundup of Italian media, Dopo la pioggia
The Hope Fault was published in Italy in late 2018 by Unorosso, an imprint of Parallelo45 Edizioni. The Italian translation, by Daniela Di Falco, takes the title Dopo la pioggia – ‘after the rain’. The novel had its first public airing when the Parallelo45 Edizioni team took Dopo la pioggia to Bookcity Milano in 2018, and ... Read more...
September 7, 2019
Bad Diaries Salon #CRUSH, Wellington LitCrawl, 9 November
We’re ridiculously excited to announce another upcoming Bad Diaries Salon. We’ll be back in Aotearoa on 9 November for Verb Wellington feat. LitCrawl. All details at Verb Wellington. Bad Diaries Salon: Crush Returning to LitCrawl after a fabulous Wellington debut in 2018 (see Tara Black’s live-drawn review), Bad Diaries Salon: CRUSH will feature four writers ... Read more...
September 3, 2019
In conversation, Tracy Farr and Annabel Smith, Perth, 18 October
I’m visiting Perth in October, and thrilled to be doing a few events while I’m there, including this one at Riverton Library. It’ll be a real treat to talk with my friend – and wonderful writer – Annabel Smith. I hope you can join us. In Conversation with Tracy Farr and Annabel Smith Come along and hear ... Read more...
