Favel Parrett
Favel Parrett is an Australian writer.Career
Parrett's first novel, Past the Shallows, was shortlisted for the Miles Franklin Award in 2012 and also won the Dobbie Literary Prize and Newcomer of the Year at the Australian Book Industry Awards. She was awarded the Antarctic Arts Fellowship, allowing her to travel to Antarctica to complete research for her second novel, When the Night Comes. Her latest novel, There Was Still Love, was published in September 2019 by Hachette Australia.
Parrett also writes short stories, which have been published in journals and anthologies including Meanjin, Island, Best Australian Stories and Griffith Review.Novels
- When the Night Comes
- There Was Still Love
Critical studies and reviews of Parrett's work
- https://www.readings.com.au/review/when-the-night-comes-by-favel-parrett
- https://www.theguardian.com/culture/australia-culture-blog/2014/aug/26/when-the-night-comes-by-favel-parrett-review-in-awe-of-antarctica
- Review of When the night comes.
- 2012 winner of the Dobbie Award
- 2012 shortlisted Booksellers Choice Award
- 2012 finalist Melbourne Prize — Best Writing Award
- 2012 shortlisted Miles Franklin Literary Award
- 2012 shortlisted Australian Book Industry Awards — Australian Literary Fiction Book of the Year
- 2012 winner Australian Book Industry Awards — Australian Newcomer of the Year
- 2015 longlisted Miles Franklin Literary Award
- 2015 shortlisted ASAL Awards — ALS Gold Medal
- 2015 shortlisted Australian Book Industry Awards — Australian Literary Fiction Book of the Year
- 2015 shortlisted The Indie Books Awards
- 2015 shortlisted ABA's Booksellers Choice Award
- 2020 shortlisted Stella Prize
- 2020 winner Indie Book Awards Book of the Year and Fiction Book of the Year
- 2020 shortlisted for ALS Gold Medal
