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Michael Gifkins Prize for an Unpublished Novel | 2019 | Shortlisted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