Tom Doig

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Tom Doig (born 17 April 1979 in Wellington) is a New Zealand-Australian creative non-fiction author, investigative journalist and editor, [1] today based in Brisbane, Queensland. He is the author of three nonfiction books, including The Coal Face - a co-winner of the Oral History Victoria Award - and the recipient of the 2023 Copyright Licensing New Zealand (CLNZ) and the New Zealand Society of Authors (NZSA) Te Puni Kaituhi O Aotearoa (PEN NZ Inc) Writers’ Award. [2]

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Education and career

Doig has a PhD from the University of Melbourne and is a lecturer in Creative Writing at the University of Queensland.

Doig was editor of Voiceworks magazine from 2004 to 2006 and was co-director of the National Young Writers' Festival from 2006 to 2007. He has contributed to publications including The Conversation, The Big Issue , The Spinoff and New Matilda.

In 2020 he was a finalist for the Walkley Awards [3] and the Ned Kelly Awards [4] for Hazelwood, an account of the 2014 Hazelwood Power Station coal mine fire. [5] The book's publication was delayed by one year due to court proceedings against the mine operator. [6]

Doig was the commissioning editor for Living with The Climate Crisis: Voices from Aotearoa (Bridget Williams Books, 2021). [7] [8] Scribe acquired world rights for Doig's next work We Are All Preppers Now [9] for which he also received the 2023 Copyright Licensing New Zealand (CLNZ) and the New Zealand Society of Authors (NZSA) Te Puni Kaituhi O Aotearoa (PEN NZ Inc) Writers’ Award to develop the manuscript.

Publications

Nonfiction

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References

  1. ↑ "Dr Tom Doig - UQ Researchers". researchers.uq.edu.au. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
  2. ↑ Mem: 10216544. "Doig wins NZ$25,000 CLNZ/NZSA Writers' Award | Books+Publishing" . Retrieved 14 October 2023.
  3. ↑ admin (14 October 2020). "Finalists announced for the 2020 Walkley Awards for Excellence in Journalism". The Walkley Foundation. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
  4. ↑ "The shortlist: 2021 Ned Kelly Awards". Australian Crime Writers Association. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
  5. ↑ "As it happened: The Hazelwood mine fire". ABC News. 2 September 2014. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
  6. ↑ "Hazelwood | The Saturday Paper". The Saturday Paper. 4 August 2020. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
  7. ↑ "Living with the Climate Crisis - BWB Bridget Williams Books". www.bwb.co.nz. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
  8. ↑ "Book review - Living with the Climate Crisis: Voices from Aotea". RNZ. 23 November 2020. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
  9. ↑ "Scribe acquires We Are All Preppers Now by Tom Doig". scribepublications.com.au. Retrieved 14 October 2023.
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