Fiona Wrightis a writer, editor and critic.

Her first poetry collection, Knuckled, won the 2012 Dame Mary Gilmore Award.

Her book of essays Small Acts of Disappearance: Essays on Hunger won the 2016 Nita B. Kibble Award and the Queensland Literary Award for non-fiction, and was shortlisted for The Stella Prize and the NSW Premier’s Douglas Stewart Award.

Her second poetry collection, DomesticInteriors, was shortlisted for the 2018 Prime Minister’s Literary Awards for Poetry.

She also published a second collection of essays, TheWorldWasWhole, in late 2018. This was longlisted for The Stella Prize in 2019.

She has a PhD at Western Sydney University’s Writing and Society Research Centre. Her poems and essays have been published in the Australian, Meanjin, Island, Overland, The Lifted Brow, Seizure and HEAT.

Read the complete transcript of our interview with Fiona at thegarretpodcast.com. If you are interested in writing memoir or the link between writing and chronic illness, listen to our previous episode with Sam Twyford-Moore.

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<a href="https://thegarretpodcast.com/fiona-wright">Fiona Wright</a> is a writer, editor and critic.
Her first poetry collection, Knuckled, won the 2012 Dame Mary Gilmore Award.
Her book of essays Small Acts of Disappearance: Essays on Hunger won the 2016 Nita B. Kibble Award and the Queensland Literary Award for non-fiction, and was shortlisted for The Stella Prize and the NSW Premier’s Douglas Stewart Award.
Her second poetry collection, Domestic Interiors, was shortlisted for the 2018 Prime Minister’s Literary Awards for Poetry.
She also published a second collection of essays, The World Was Whole, in late 2018. This was longlisted for The Stella Prize in 2019.
She has a PhD at Western Sydney University’s Writing and Society Research Centre. Her poems and essays have been published in the Australian, Meanjin, Island, Overland, The Lifted Brow, Seizure and HEAT.
Read the complete transcript of our interview with Fiona at <a href="https://thegarretpodcast.com/fiona-wright">thegarretpodcast.com</a>. If you are interested in writing memoir or the link between writing and chronic illness, listen to our previous episode with <a href="https://thegarretpodcast.com/sam-twyford-moore/">Sam Twyford-Moore</a>.
About The Garret
Follow <a href="https://www.instagram.com/garretpodcast/">The Garret: Writing and Publishing</a> and our host <a href="https://www.instagram.com/_astridedwards_/">Astrid Edwards</a> on Instagram.
Explore our back catalogue (and transcripts) at <a href="https://thegarretpodcast.com/">thegarretpodcast.com</a>.

The Garret is a podcast for lovers of books and storytelling.

Always about Australian writers and their craft, in 2023 The Garret expanded focus and also interviews industry figures about what gets published (and why).

The Garret is educational in outlook. A defining feature of The Garret is our transcripts. Each interview is published with a complete transcript (so you don’t have to write anything down while you listen).

The Garret is a labour of love on behalf of all emerging writers. It does not operate for revenue or profit. If you would like to support The Garret, simply subscribe wherever you listen to your podcasts and join the conversation on Instagram or Twitter.

You can also follow our host Astrid Edwards at astridedwards.com.

The Garret is a podcast for lovers of books and storytelling.
Always about Australian writers and their craft, in 2023 The Garret expanded focus and also interviews industry figures about what gets published (and why).
The Garret is educational in outlook. A defining feature of The Garret is our transcripts. Each interview is published with a complete transcript (so you don’t have to write anything down while you listen).
The Garret is a labour of love on behalf of all emerging writers. It does not operate for revenue or profit. If you would like to support The Garret, simply subscribe wherever you listen to your podcasts and join the conversation on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/garretpodcast/">Instagram</a> or <a href="https://twitter.com/garretpodcast">Twitter</a>.
You can also follow our host Astrid Edwards at <a href="https://astridedwards.com/" data-wpel-link="external">astridedwards.com</a>.

🎧 Interviews with writers about craft and industry figures about what gets published and why.

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