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News - October 2026 🦋
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Emily Tsokos Purtill
Author of Matia (UWAP, 2024) Winner of the 2025 Western Australian Premier's Book Award for an Emerging Writer
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Events - Singapore Writers Festival - 14 & 15 November 2026
I'm thrilled to announce that I'll be appearing at the Singapore Writers Festival next month. Thank you to the Centre for Stories for this wonderful opportunity as part of my Mid-Career Fellowship. I will be appearing at two events over the first weekend of the
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News - September 2026
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Event - Totally Lit Festival - Flash & Fizz, Fremantle Library - 7 October 2026
I’m looking forward to interviewing Alison Davis and Gillian O'Shaughnessy about their new flash fiction collections at the Totally Lit Festival! Flash & Fizz – with a pinch of salt and a sprinkling of freckles!Meet two of WA’s stellar flash fiction authors, Gillian O’Shaughnessy and
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News - Rosalie Writers' Festival Parents' Night, August 2026
It was such an honour to be part of 2026 Rosalie Primary School Writers’ Festival Parents’ Night this week with fellow UWAP author Mohammed Massoud Morsi. Adam Carrel did a wonderful job of interviewing us about our formative reading experiences, the common themes in our books and our writing lives.
