2022
Craig Silvey News 2022.
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January 20, 2022.
Christos Tsiolkas, Judith Lucy, Tim Winton, and Craig Silvey join Perth Festival Writers Weekend. Read about it in OUTInPerth, a news website focusing on diversity in sexuality and gender. (Archive.)
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March 7, 2022.
Craig Silvey, Tony Birch, and Dervla McTiernan share their love of reading, as recorded at the Perth Festival Writers Weekend. Listen via the ABC website, Google Podcasts, or Listen Notes. (Archive of the ABC website.)
Craig’s book recommendations include:
James Herriot - series.
Unbelievable by Paul Jennings.
A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess.
The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy.
True Grit by Charles Portis.
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee.
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April 28, 2022 .
Craig Silvey's Honeybee novel is #1 on the “Better Reading Top 100 Books of 2022” list (PDF; archive).
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June 6, 2022 .
Craig Silvey's Honeybee novel is included in Happy Magazine's "Top LGBTQIA+ books to read during Pride Month," by Tammy Moir. (Archive.)
Also on the list are Jacob Tobia's Sissy, Ocean Vuong's On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous, Andre Aciman's Call Me By Your Name, Annie Proulx's Brokeback Mountain and Other Stories, and Akwaeke Emzi's You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty.
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June 19, 2022.
Jasper Jones is named one of the 25 best Australian novels of the past 25 years, by Melanie Kembrey of The Brisbane Times. (Archive.)
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August 24, 2022.
Watch Craig Silvey unbox his new novel, Runt. Watch on Instagram or Facebook.
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September 15, 2022.
Here's a post from Craig Silvey (sourced from his Instagram and Facebook): "It was fantastic to connect with a sold out crowd on Tuesday night, where I had the great honour of hosting a conversation with Danielle May Laidley in support of her brilliant, deeply moving memoir Don’t Look Away. Just like her book, Danielle was generous and unguarded and eloquent and held the audience enthralled. I can’t urge you enough to pick this book up. It’s beautiful, timely, and profound. Thank you to Joondalup Libraries, Dymocks Joondalup, the wonderful Michaela Carr, and to all who attended."
October 1, 2022.
Craig Silvey is a new dad! Read about it in "Tiny But Mighty: Craig Silvey on Runt" (this article in The Australian requires a subscription to read).
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October 2, 2022.
Craig Silvey, Andrew Sean Greer, and Booker Prize shortlisted Shehan Karunatilaka on their latest novels on ABC's "The Book Show." Listen via the ABC website, Google Podcasts, Apple Podcasts, or Listen Notes.
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October 7, 2022
Children deserve good stories, Craig Silvey says, and the ingredients of a good book are the same as the ones for older readers. Read Karen Hardy's article/interview in the Canberra Times (archive).
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October 15, 2022.
Craig Silvey talks with ABC Perth about celebrating 20 years as a writer, and Annie Shearer, the 11-year-old girl in Silvey's book for young readers, Runt. Listen via the ABC website. (Archive of page.)
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October 16, 2022.
Craig Silvey talks with ABC Melbourne about three important songs that are in his new book, Runt. Listen via the ABC website. (Archive of page.)
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October 21, 2022.
Read Dianne Dempsey's review of Runt in The Sydney Morning Herald. (Archive.)
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October 31, 2022.
Craig Silvey talks with Cheryl Akle on the "Stories Behind the Story with Better Reading" podcast.
Listen to the episode, titled "Craig Silvey on exploring the bonds between dogs and humans," via the Better Reading website, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. (Archive of page.)
November 11, 2022.
Craig Silvey talks about his new book, Runt, with Booktopia's "Tell Me What To Read" show.
You can watch the conversation via YouTube.
November 28, 2022.
Craig Silvey's children's novel, Runt, wins the Dymocks Book of the Year for Younger Readers, 2022. Read the Dymocks post about this award (archive) and watch Craig's video talking about it: