2009
Here's what Craig Silvey had to say about the 2009 Indie Book Award: “It’s a tremendous honour to be the fiction category winner of the Indie Award. It’s a wonderful thing, and a real thrill to be recognised by folks I so earnestly admire. Since I first hit the shelves I’ve been stunned by the belief and generous support I’ve been readily afforded by independent booksellers throughout the country. It’s the enthusiastic handselling by dedicated booksellers that allow authors like me, whose names are much smaller than their titles, an opportunity to find their way to willing readers. It’s a vital conduit that absolutely means the world. So, thank you, I’m incredibly grateful.”
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Mar 13, 2009.
For the first time ever, Craig Silvey is mentioned on Twitter (archive 1, archive 2). If you can find an earlier Tweet, please let the guy who runs this website know.
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April 29, 2009.
Tony Birch interviews Craig Silvey for Readings (archive 1, archive 2).
Jo Case, editor of Readings Monthly, reviews Jasper Jones (archive 1, archive 2).
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May 2009.
Michael Williams writes about Jasper Jones in The Monthly (archive 1, archive 2).
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May 1, 2009.
Erica Vowles of The Book Show interviews Craig Silvey. Listen to the interview on the sights and sounds page or on ABC National Radio (archive).
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May 3, 2009.
News.com.au features a big article about Craig Silvey, "Big Book Club - Jasper Jones" (archive 1, archive 2).
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May 15, 2009.
The Big Issue profiles Craig Silvey. Read George Dunford's profile, "More than Rhubarb" (archive1, archive 2).
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June 3, 2009.
William Kostakis interviews Craig Silvey for Boomerang Books (archive 1, archive 2).
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June 10, 2009.
Radio New Zealand has a chat with Craig Silvey: "Apples to Books" (archive of audio; archive of page).
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July 31, 2009.
Valerie Khoo interviews Craig Silvey. Check out the interview on the Australian Writers' Centre website or on MixCloud (archive of page and transcript; archive of audio).
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September 2009.
As part of the Big Book Club (archive) and the Brisbane Writers's Festival, Craig Silvey and U.S. author Tania James held several joint events in Queensland and Western Australia.
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October 23, 2009.
Gail Williams talks with Craig Silvey about book clubs, readers breathing life into books, To Kill A Mockingbird, learning to write screenplays, and the serial killer Eric Edgar Cooke. (Archive 1, archive 2.)
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October 23, 2009.
Craig Silvey wrote the introduction to Margins: The Sydney University Anthology, published by Sydney University Press. Get the paperback from Sydney University Press, Amazon, or Wheelers. The first line of Silvey's introduction is: "My mother likes to tell me that I was born an old man."
