Edwina Preston Explained

Edwina Preston
Nationality:Australian
Occupation:writer and musician

Edwina Preston is a Melbourne-based writer and musician. Preston is the author of a biography of Australian artist Howard Arkley, Not Just a Suburban Boy (Duffy & Snellgrove, 2002),[1] [2] and the novel The Inheritance of Ivorie Hammer (University of Queensland Press, 2012).[3] [4] [5] Her writing and reviews have appeared in The Age, The Australian, The Sydney Morning Herald, Heat, Island and Griffith Review.[6]

She released a spoken-word CD, Hirsute, in 1997 (ABC Audio) and performed around Melbourne. Alicia Sometimes described Preston as "melting the stage with a harpist by her side".[7] She plays keyboards and sings in Harry Howard and the NDE (Spooky Records) with Harry Howard, Dave Graney and Clare Moore, and in ATOM (IT Records)[8] [9] with Harry Howard and Ben Hepworth (Repairs, Exek). She is a featured vocalist in the occasional performing group Pop Crimes: The Songs of Rowland S Howard.[10]

In May 2021, Wakefield Press announced that they will publish Edwina's new novel, "provisionally titled Veda Grey" in May 2022.[11] The book was subsequently published as Bad Art Mother and shortlisted for the 2023 Christina Stead Prize for Fiction at the New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards[12] and shortlisted for the 2023 Stella Prize.[13]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: An imagination in need - Document - Gale OneFile: News. 2021-06-09. go.gale.com.
  2. News: Simmonds. Diana. 16 February 2002. Imperfect Portrait. The Australian.
  3. Web site: Krauth. Kirsten. 2012-10-26. Greatest show on Earth. 2021-06-07. The Sydney Morning Herald. en.
  4. Web site: Edwina Preston. 2021-06-09. www.australianbookreview.com.au. en-gb.
  5. Austin. Michelle. 2013-05-07. Review of The Inheritance of Ivorie Hammer by Edwina Preston. Transnational Literature Review. Trove.nla.gov.au.
  6. Web site: The Inheritance of Ivorie Hammer. 2021-06-07. www.female.com.au. en.
  7. Web site: Sometimes. Alicia. 1 June 2014. Radio Laneways and the Melbourne Sound. live. 11 June 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20140612072603/http://cordite.org.au:80/essays/radio-laneways-melbourne-sound/ . 2014-06-12 .
  8. Web site: In Every Dream Home, by Atom. 2021-06-07. Atom.
  9. Web site: gimmiezine. 2020-03-31. ATOM’s Harry Howard: "Universally in art, death and sex and love are the big themes… I’m constantly writing songs that mention death". 2021-06-09. Gimmie Gimmie Gimmie Zine. en-GB.
  10. Web site: pop crimes. 2021-06-07. The I-94 Bar. en-gb.
  11. Web site: 2021-05-07. Wakefield Press acquires Edwina Preston's bohemian 'Veda Grey'. 2021-06-09. Wakefield Press. en-US.
  12. Web site: 2023-02-03 . Bad Art Mother . 2023-03-01 . State Library of NSW.
  13. News: Harmon . Steph . 2023-03-29 . Stella prize 2023 shortlist: small publishers dominate Australian literary award . The Guardian . 2023-03-30.

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