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Born in 1982 Grew up on an orchard in Dwellingup, W.A. Lives in Fremantle Singer/songwriter for band The Nancy Sikes! BackgroundTRANSCRIPT
Craig Silvey
A Presentation By Jessie Buckley
Background Books Themes & Influences Awards Quiz Time! Short Video Handouts and
Evaluation Forms
Introduction
Photo by Marco Del Grande
Born in 1982 Grew up on an orchard in
Dwellingup, W.A. Lives in Fremantle Singer/songwriter for
band The Nancy Sikes!
Background
Books
Rhubarb Fremantle Arts Centre Press,
2004
The World According to Warren Fremantle Arts Centre Press, 2007
Jasper Jones Allen & Unwin, 2009
Western Australian settings Emphasis on characters and
setting. Compared to Harper Lee and
Tim Winton. Southern Gothic fiction
(Harper Lee, Mark Twain, Truman Copote)
Themes & Influences
©GrahamBaker.com
By Denise Finch
Sydney Morning Herald Best Young
Australian Novelist, 2005 Jasper Jones:
Australian Independent Booksellers, Fiction Book of the Year and Book of the Year 2009
Indie Book of the Year Award 2009 Australian Booksellers Choice Award 2010 Australian Book Industry Awards, Literary
Book of the Year and Book of the Year 2010
West Australian Premier's (Fiction) Award 2010 (shared with JM Coetzee)
Awards
Q1. Where did Craig Silvey grow up? Q2. Where does he live now?Q3. In what year was his first book published?Q4. What’s the name of the guide dog in Rhubarb that also stared in Silvey’s children’s book?Q5. What two authors has Silvey been compared to?Q6. What was the first award Silvey received?
Quiz Time!
Jasper Jones Trailer