Drawing on the Past to Write The Future, with Claire G. Coleman

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Today on the Convo Couch Kel chats with acclaimed speculative fiction author Claire G Coleman.

Claire describes herself as "a Noongar woman whose family have belonged to the south coast of Western Australia since long before history started being recorded. She writes fiction, essays and poetry while (mostly) traveling around the continent now called Australia in a ragged caravan towed by an ancient troopy"

Claire is the author of Terra Nullius and The Old Lie, both speculative fiction novels steeped in devastating personal history. Terra Nullius poured out of Claire in 3 months while travelling around Australia, the manuscript won the "Black & Write" fellowship and was nominated for the "Stella Prize" and the "Aurealis Award".

Today Claire talks about the creative momentum that led to the publication of that first book and writing speculative fiction from a First Nations perspective.

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