It’s good to hear via Matilda that Deborah Forster has won the 2010 Dobbie Encouragement Award, which is for a first published work by a female writer, for her debut novel The Book of Emmett .
I think that Forster has a great future as a writer. See my review here.
If you haven’t bought it already, I think you should, because sales are the best encouragement of all!
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Oh, that’s great news. Good for her!
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By: kimbofo on June 14, 2010
at 12:30 am
Hi Kim, it’s the Queen’s Birthday here and a Long Weekend – with cold and gloomy Melbourne being perfect for loafing by the fire with a book!
I’m fascinated by Forster’s writing. She’s revealed that The Book of Emmett is somewhat autobiographical, and because it’s such a personal story (even though I know one should never assume the writer is the character) I am intrigued to know what/how she will write next. I’m reading Jon McGregor’s Even the Dogs at the moment – have you read this one?
Lisa
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By: Lisa Hill on June 14, 2010
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