Claire G. Coleman

Wirlomin-Noongar-Australian novelist

Author
Poet

Notable workTerra Nullius, The Old Lie

Coleman's voice

recorded September 2018

Websitewww.clairegcoleman.com

Claire G. Coleman (born 1974^[1]) is a Wirlomin-Noongar-Australian writer^[2] and poet, whose 2017 debut novel, Terra Nullius won the Norma K Hemming Award. The first draft of resulted in Coleman being awarded the State Library of Queensland's 2016 black&write! Indigenous Writing Fellowship.^[2]^[3]

She gave the Loris Williams Memorial Lecture at the 2018 Australian Society of Archivists conference.^[4] Coleman's essay, After the Grog War, was shortlisted for the 2018 Horne Prize,^[5] while another essay, Hidden in Plain Sight, was shortlisted for the 2019 Horne Prize.^[6]

Works

Novels

Terra Nullius, Hachette Australia, 2017, ISBN 978-0-7336-3831-2
The Old Lie, Hachette Australia, 2019, ISBN 978-0-7336-4084-1
Enclave, Hachette Australia, 2022, ISBN 978-0-7336-4086-5

Short fiction

Michael Earp, ed. (2019), "Sweet", Kindred: 12 Queer #LoveOzYa anthology stories, Walker Books Australia, ISBN 978-1-7606-5103-9
Leah Jing McIntost; Cher Tan; Adalya Nash Hussein; Hassan Abul, eds. (2020), "Wish You Were", Collisions: Fictions Of The Future - A Liminal Anthology, Pantera Press, ISBN 978-0-6487-9518-6
"Saving Face", The Big Issue, The Big Issue, 2020, ISSN 1326-639X
Michael Mohammed Ahmad, ed. (2020), "Ostraka", After Australia, Affirm Press, ISBN 978-1-9259-7281-8
"The Mists Of Down Below", Griffith Review, 70 (4), Griffith University, November 2020, ISSN 1448-2924

Poetry

"Strawberry Juice", Australian Poetry Journal, vol. 7, Australian Poetry, 2017, ISSN 2203-7519
"Concrete Beneath My Feet", Australian Poetry Journal, vol. 7, Australian Poetry, 2017, ISSN 2203-7519
"#DontMakeMeChoose", Australian Poetry Journal, vol. 8, Australian Poetry, 2018, ISSN 2203-7519
"Pelin", VerityLa, Verity La Inc., 2019
"That Wadjela Tongue", Australian Book Review, Australian Book Review Inc., 2020, ISSN 0155-2864

Non-fiction

"When we encountered the nomads", Meanjin, vol. 76, Hachette Australia, 2017, pp. 88–94, ISSN 0025-6293
Lies, Damned Lies: A personal exploration of the impact of colonisation, Ultimo Press, 2021, ISBN 978-1-7611-5009-8

Awards

2017 Aurealis Award for best science fiction novel shortlist for Terra Nullius^[7]
2018 Horne Prize shortlist for "After the Grog War"^[8]
2018 MUD Literary Prize finalist for Terra Nullius^[9]
2018 Stella Prize shortlist for Terra Nullius^[10]
2019 Horne Prize shortlist for "Hidden in Plain Sight"^[8]
2019 Neukom Institute Literary Arts Awards Debut shortlist for Terra Nullius^[11]
2019 Queensland Poetry Festival Philip Bacon Ekphrasis Award for "Pelin"^[12]
2020 Peter Porter Poetry Prize shortlist for "That Wadjela Tongue"^[13]
2020 Oodgeroo Noonuccal Indigenous Poetry Prize shortlist^[14]
2022 Queensland Literary Awards The University of Queensland Non-Fiction Book Award for Lies, Damned Lies^[15]

References

^ Claire G. Coleman [@clairegcoleman] (10 February 2022). "Russell Brand is moving to the right ... He's a year younger than me so surely it's not age.. what is it?" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 10 February 2022 – via Twitter.
^ ^a ^b Sullivan, Veronica (22 August 2017). "'Speculative fiction is a powerful political tool': from War of the Worlds to Terra Nullius". The Guardian. Retrieved 27 September 2018.
^ Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Radio National (27 January 2018), Sense of Place: Claire Coleman on Terra Nullius, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, retrieved 27 September 2018
^ "2018 ASA Conference Program". Australian Society of Archivists. Retrieved 27 September 2018.
^ "The Horne Prize". The Horne Prize. Archived from the original on 10 March 2020. Retrieved 4 December 2018.
^ "The Horne Prize". The Horne Prize. Archived from the original on 10 March 2020. Retrieved 17 November 2019.
^ Tehani (15 February 2018). "2017 Aurealis Awards shortlist announcement". aurealisawards.org. Aurealis Awards. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
^ ^a ^b "The Horne Prize: News". thehorneprize.com.au. Aesop and The Saturday Paper. Archived from the original on 10 March 2020. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
^ "Schmidt wins inaugural MUD Literary Prize for debut fiction". booksandpublishing.com.au. Books+Publishing. 6 March 2018. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
^ "The 2018 Stella Prize". thestellaprize.com.au. The Stella Prize. Archived from the original on 13 November 2020. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
^ "Neukom Institute Literary Arts Awards Announces 2019 Book Shortlist". sites.dartmouth.edu. Neukom Institute for Computational Science. 9 May 2019. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
^ "2019 QPF Philip Bacon Ekphrasis Award Winners". VerityLa. Verity La Inc. 6 September 2019. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
^ "2020 Peter Porter Poetry Prize Shortlist". Australian Book Review. No. 418. Australian Book Review Inc. January 2020. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
^ "Queensland Poetry Festival Awards 2020 shortlists announced". booksandpublishing.com.au. Books+Publishing. 3 July 2020. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
^ "Queensland Literary Awards winners for 2022". Queensland Government. 8 September 2022. Retrieved 8 September 2022.