susan paterson
Writing
Awards & residencies
Michael Gifkins Prize for an Unpublished Novel | 2019 | Shortlisted
My novel manuscript Into the Green Fields (now retitled: Where Light Meets Water) was one of a shortlist of three for this prize awarded by Text Publishing and the NZ Society of Authors.
Varuna Fellowship for Writers | 2017
Two-week residential fellowship at Varuna The Writers House in Katoomba, New South Wales, to work on novel manuscript Into the Green Fields.
Glenfern Fellowship | 2017
Three months’ studio use at the historic Glenfern mansion in East St Kilda, Melbourne, to finish a first draft of novel manuscript Into the Green Fields. Awarded by Writers Victoria.
State Library Victoria Creative Fellowship | 2013 | Shortlisted
Proposal to research novel manuscript Into the Green Fields using state library collections.
Wet Ink National Short Story Prize | 2010 | Shortlisted
Short story ‘Flowers for a dry land’.
ASA Mentorship | 2005
Awarded by the Australian Society of Authors for mentoring sessions with award-winning Australian author Gail Jones.
Copywriting
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Blog
Long dormant, but full of fond memories, especially passing time in museums one cold Berlin winter: littlecollisions.blogspot.com.
Selected features & articles
A small selection of freelance travel writing.
‘Tastes of Okinawa’ | lonelyplanet.com | August 2014
‘A family visit to Te Papa: Captain Robertson’s Caribou, 1867′ | Civilian Global | June 2014
‘Topography of Terror’ | Slow Travel Berlin | February 2014
‘Melbourne’s secret small spaces’ | Civilian Global | May 2013
‘Sydney’s small bar revolution’ | BBC Travel | March 2013
Short fiction
‘Synonyms for Snow’ | Etchings #10 | 2012
‘Flowers for a dry land’ | Wet Ink #23 | 2010
‘Lattice’— audio recording | ABC Classic FM | 2005
‘Lattice’ | Meanjin vol 64 no 4 | 2003
Poetry
‘A midnight conversation’ | Going Down Swinging #29 | 2009
‘Sound Waves’ | Going Down Swinging #23 | 2006
‘The view outside at 3pm’ | Poetry NZ # 30 | 2005
‘Fruits on red’ | Going Down Swinging #21 | 2003
‘Love’s Unchartered Land’ | Going Down Swinging #20 | 2002
‘Love in wet wool’ | Mod_Piece | 2002
‘Dust’ and ‘An encounter’ | Passage | 2002
‘This glacier between us’ | Pendulum | 2002