Blog Archives

"My favourite short story collection of the year...utterly brilliant."
 Simon Savidge 

"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

Top 10 Best Australian Fiction 2019

12/30/2019

0 Comments

I'm absolutely thrilled that THIS TASTE FOR SILENCE has been named as one of Readings' Best Australian Fiction books of 2019.
To see my work appear alongside these brilliant Australian writers is truly astounding.
Thank you, Readings!

Full details here:
https://www.readings.com.au/news/the-best-australian-fiction-books-of-2019

0 Comments

Off to the printers once again

12/18/2019

0 Comments

I'm delighted that THIS TASTE FOR SILENCE has headed back to the printers for a third edition, just six months after its launch. Thanks to everyone who has supported my work.

0 Comments

Author

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

Queensland Literary Fellowship

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

RSS Feed