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Book Review: Salt Creek by Lucy Treloar
John Purcell reviews Lucy Treloar's award-winning Salt Creek. Read more
Fiona Wright and Lucy Treloar take out the 2016 Kibble and Dobbie Awards.
Female writers have been celebrated for their impact on life writing at today’s Nita B Kibble Literary Awards for Women Writers. Read more
BOOK REVIEW: Salt Creek by Lucy Treloar (Review by Caroline Baum)
Treloar’s intensely dramatic saga of the downfall of a family settled on the edge of the Coorong is a welcome and fresh take on the well-trodden territory of narratives of colonial hardship. First of all, she captures the little known beauty of that remote watery place perfectly. Her ability to conjure up its landscape, once shared with the local Narandjeri Aborigines, is a reminder that ... Read more
Salt Creek by Lucy Treloar is Caroline Baum’s Book of the Month
Booktopia’s Editorial Director, Caroline Baum reviews Lucy Treloar’s Salt Creek which features in The Buzz as Caroline’s Book of the Month. If, like me, you thought you did not need another story about hardship in colonial Australia, with the TV adaptation of The Secret River fresh in your mind, think again: Lucy Treloar’s intensely dramatic saga of the downfall of a family se... Read more
Lucy Treloar, author of Salt Creek, answers Ten Terrifying Questions
The Booktopia Book Guru asks Lucy Treloar author of Salt Creek Ten Terrifying Questions ____________ 1. To begin with why don’t you tell us a little bit about yourself – where were you born? Raised? Schooled? I was born in Malaysia, where my family lived for several years. My schooling was in Melbourne, England and Sweden, and I went to Melbourne University (Fine Arts) and RMIT (Prof Writ... Read more