Her first children’s book, Wandi, was published in September 2021. Her latest adult novel, There Was Still Love, was published in September 2019 by Hachette Australia. She was awarded the Antarctic Arts Fellowship, allowing her to travel to Antarctica to complete research for her second novel, When the Night Comes. Parrett's first novel, Past the Shallows, was shortlisted for the Miles Franklin Award in 2012 and also that year won the Dobbie Literary Prize and Newcomer of the Year at the Australian Book Industry Awards. The winners were chosen from shortlists announced in January and announced online on Monday, 23 March following the postponement of the 2020 LEB Conference, which was scheduled to run 22–24 March.įor more information about the awards, visit the website here.Favel Parrett (born 1974) is an Australian writer. The overall winner receives $1000 and the category winners each receive $1000. Panels of judges comprising booksellers and readers chose the winners in the six categories, and the overall Indie Book of the Year was voted on by independent booksellers from Australia, who are also members of Leading Edge Books. The Indie Book Awards are chosen by independent booksellers to reward and promote excellence in Australian writing.
Parrett’s novel There Was Still Love (Hachette) has been named Book of the Year at the 2020 Indie Book Awards, presented by Leading Edge Books (LEB).
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