Author of Matia (UWAP, 2024) Winner of the 2025 Western Australian Premier's Book Award for an Emerging Writer
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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
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.
I'm writing with exciting news - Matia has gone into reprint. This new edition has the same beautiful gold foil and also features the WA Premier’s Book Award Winner medal interwoven into the cover art 💙🧿💙 Matia is available to order from UWAP or your local bookstore. Thank you
Patricia Frazis has written a review of Matia in Westerly! You can read it here: Review of ‘Matia’ by Emily Tsokos Purtill | Westerly Magazine‘Matia’ by Emily Tsokos Purtill (UWA Publishing) follows four generations of women from a diasporic Greek Australian community.Westerly Magazinelissa
