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"This is one of the most substantial and memorable collections of short fiction by an Australian writer that I have read for a very long time.”                    
Kerryn Goldsworthy
                
"My favourite short story           collection of the year...utterly brilliant."​
​                       Simon Savidge

Long-listed for the Edge Hill Prize!

7/13/2020

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I'm absolutely delighted that my book, This Taste for Silence, has been long-listed for the Edge Hill Prize 2020 in the UK. The Edge Hill Prize is awarded annually by the Edge Hill University (UK) for excellence in a published single author short story collection.
​Shortlist announced later in the year. Fingers crossed!
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"A poignant, dark, surprising and utterly haunting collection."     Ryan O'Neill

4/15/2020

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Highly Commended: Cambridge Flash Fiction Prize

4/15/2020

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I'm delighted that my flash fiction piece, "Water Baby", has been Highly Commended in TSS Publishing's Cambridge Flash Fiction Prize 2020. Publication forthcoming.
​www.theshortstory.co.uk

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Flash Magazine

4/15/2020

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I'm delighted to have three of my flash fictions published in prestigious UK magazine, Flash: The International Short-Short Story Magazine. (University of Chester, UK), Volume 11. No. 1. 
It's wonderful to be published alongside so many big names in the flash fiction world. Thanks to editors Peter Blair and Ashley Chantler.
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Savidge Reads' Favourite Fiction 2019

1/2/2020

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"My favourite short story collection of the year...utterly brilliant."  
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I'm humbled and absolutely thrilled that THIS TASTE FOR SILENCE has been named in the top five fiction reads of the year by Simon Savidge at Savidge Reads. Truly honoured. Thank you, Simon. 
Full details via the link below.
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SAVIDGE READS FAVOURITES 2019
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    Amanda O'Callaghan is an award-winning writer of short stories and flash fiction. She has been published and won awards in Australia, Ireland and the UK.

    Debut collection,
    ​This Taste for Silence
    ​University of Queensland Press (UQP, 2019)


    TWITTER: @ocallaghanac
    EMAIL: ocallaghan.ac@gmail.com

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    I am honoured to have been one of three recipients of a Queensland Writers Fellowship (2016). Congratulations to my fellow awardees: Trent Jamieson and Pamela Rushby

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