Favel Parrett

Favel Parrett
Born	Favel Parrett 1974 (age 50–51) Australia
Nationality	Australian
Occupation	Writer
Known for	Past the Shallows (2011) There Was Still Love
Website	http://www.favelparrett.com.au/

Favel Parrett (born 1974) ^[1] is an Australian writer.

Career

Parrett's first novel, Past the Shallows , was shortlisted for the Miles Franklin Award in 2012 ^[2] and also that year won the Dobbie Literary Prize and Newcomer of the Year at the Australian Book Industry Awards. ^[1] She was awarded the Antarctic Arts Fellowship, allowing her to travel to Antarctica to complete research for her second novel, When the Night Comes. ^[3] Her latest adult novel, There Was Still Love , was published in September 2019 by Hachette Australia.

Her first children’s book, Wandi, was published in September 2021. It is a fictional retelling of the true story of a purebred Alpine dingo cub that survived being dropped by an eagle into the backyard of a home in the small town of Wandiligong, in Victoria’s alpine valleys, and later became the subject of a successful research and breeding program for the threatened species. ^[4]

Parrett also writes short stories, which have been published in journals and anthologies including Meanjin , Island Magazine , Best Australian Stories and Griffith Review . ^[1]

Bibliography

Novels

• Past the Shallows (2011)
• When the Night Comes (2014)
• There Was Still Love (2019)
• Wandi (2021)
• Kimmi: Queen of the Dingoes (2023)

Awards

• 2022 shortlisted for Indie Book Awards Children's Book ^[5]
• 2024 shortlisted for Indie Book Awards Children's Book ^[6]

Year	Work	Award	Category	Result	Ref
2012	Past the Shallows	Australian Book Industry Awards	Newcomer	Won	[1]
			Literary Fiction	Shortlisted	[1]
		BookPeople Booksellers' Choice Award	—	Shortlisted	[1]
		Dobbie Literary Award	—	Won	[1]
		Indie Book Award	Debut Fiction	Shortlisted
		Melbourne Prize for Literature	—	Shortlisted	[1]
		Miles Franklin Award	—	Shortlisted	[1]
2015	When the Night Comes	ALS Gold Medal	—	Shortlisted	[1]
		Australian Book Industry Awards	Literary Fiction	Shortlisted	[1]
		BookPeople Booksellers' Choice Award	—	Shortlisted	[1]
		Indie Book Award	Fiction	Shortlisted	[1]
		Miles Franklin Award	—	Longlisted	[1]
2020	There Was Still Love	ALS Gold Medal	—	Shortlisted	[7]
		Australian Book Industry Awards	Literary Fiction	Shortlisted
		Barbara Jefferis Award	—	Shortlisted
		Indie Book Award	Fiction	Won	[8]
		Stella Prize	—	Shortlisted	[9]

References

1. "Favel Parrett". AustLit: Discover Australian Stories. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
2. Lee, Nicole (26 August 2014). "When the Night Comes by Favel Parrett review – in awe of Antarctica". The Guardian. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
3. "When the Night Comes by Favel Parrett". www.readings.com.au. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
4. "Two years after falling from the sky, Wandi the dingo is changing attitudes to his species". the Guardian. 28 September 2021. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
5. "Indie Book Awards 2022 shortlists announced". Books+Publishing. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
6. "Indie Book Awards 2024 shortlists announced". Books+Publishing. 17 January 2024. Retrieved 17 January 2024.
7. "ALS Gold Medal 2020 shortlist announced". Books+Publishing. 20 May 2020. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
8. "Australian Independent Bookseller - News & Features". Australian Independent Bookseller. Retrieved 23 March 2020.^{[ permanent dead link ]}
9. "Stella Prize 2020 shortlist announced". Books+Publishing. 6 March 2020. Retrieved 9 March 2020.

External links

• Author's website
• Holland-Batt, Sarah (September 2014). "Rough seas". Australian Book Review . 364: 12. Review of When the night comes.