Tony Birch is an Australian novelist, short story writer, poet and academic.

Tony's most recent collection, Common People, was shortlisted for both the Christina Stead Prize for Fiction and the Indigenous Writers Prize in the 2017 NSW Premier’s LiteraryAwards. His previous novel, Ghost River (2015), won the Victorian Premier's Literary Award for Indigenous Writing and was longlisted for the 2016 Miles Franklin Award. His other works include Shadowboxing (2006), Father's Day (2009), Blood (which was shortlisted for the Miles Franklin literary award in 2011) and The Promise (2014). 

Tony is a frequent contributor to ABC local and national radio. He has taught creative writing at Melbourne University for many years, and is the inaugural Bruce McGuinness Research Fellow within the Moondani Balluk Centre at Victoria University.

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The Garret is committed to accessibility and education. The transcript and interactive show notes of Tony's interview are available at www.thegarretpodcast.com/tony-birch.