Claire G. Coleman

Claire G. Coleman
Coleman delivering the Loris Williams Memorial Lecture, at the Australian Society of Archivists' 2018 annual conference, in Perth, Western Australia
Born	1974 (age 50–51)
Occupations	Author Poet
Notable work	Terra Nullius, The Old Lie
Website	www.clairegcoleman.com

Claire G. Coleman (born 1974) is an Aboriginal Australian novelist, essayist, and poet from Western Australia. She is known for her 2017 debut novel, Terra Nullius , which won the Norma K Hemming Award, and the non-fiction work Lies, Damned Lies, which won the 2022 University of Queensland Non-Fiction Book Award in the Queensland Literary Awards.

Early life

Claire G. Coleman was born in 1974. ^[1] She is Noongar woman of the Wirlomin language group. ^[2]

Career

The manuscript of Coleman's debut novel, Terra Nullius , resulted in Coleman being awarded the State Library of Queensland's 2016 black&write! Indigenous writing fellowship. After publication, it won the Norma K Hemming Award. ^{[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]

Coleman has also written short fiction and poetry.

Awards and shortlisting

• 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: University of Queensland Non-Fiction Book Award for Lies, Damned Lies ^[15]

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 McIntosh; 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

References

1. 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.
2. 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.
3. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Radio National (27 January 2018), Sense of Place: Claire Coleman on Terra Nullius, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, retrieved 27 September 2018
4. "2018 ASA Conference Program". Australian Society of Archivists . Retrieved 27 September 2018.
5. "The Horne Prize". The Horne Prize. Archived from the original on 10 March 2020. Retrieved 4 December 2018.
6. "The Horne Prize". The Horne Prize. Archived from the original on 10 March 2020. Retrieved 17 November 2019.
7. Tehani (15 February 2018). "2017 Aurealis Awards shortlist announcement". aurealisawards.org. Aurealis Awards. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
8. "The Horne Prize: News". thehorneprize.com.au. Aesop and The Saturday Paper. Archived from the original on 10 March 2020. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
9. "Schmidt wins inaugural MUD Literary Prize for debut fiction". booksandpublishing.com.au. Books+Publishing. 6 March 2018. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
10. "The 2018 Stella Prize". thestellaprize.com.au. The Stella Prize. Archived from the original on 13 November 2020. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
11. "Neukom Institute Literary Arts Awards Announces 2019 Book Shortlist". sites.dartmouth.edu. Neukom Institute for Computational Science. 9 May 2019. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
12. "2019 QPF Philip Bacon Ekphrasis Award Winners". VerityLa. Verity La Inc. 6 September 2019. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
13. "2020 Peter Porter Poetry Prize Shortlist". Australian Book Review. No. 418. Australian Book Review Inc. January 2020. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
14. "Queensland Poetry Festival Awards 2020 shortlists announced". booksandpublishing.com.au. Books+Publishing. 3 July 2020. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
15. "Queensland Literary Awards winners for 2022". Queensland Government. 8 September 2022. Retrieved 8 September 2022.

External links

• Official website
• Claire G. Coleman at AustLit
• "The Mists Of Down Below" in Griffith Review
• Claire G. Coleman on Bluesky