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Kim Scott
Kim Scott was born in 1957 and grew up on the south coast of Western Australia. He began writing for publication when he became a teacher of English and his first novel, True Country, was published in 1993 by Fremantle Press. His novel Benang: from the Heart won the 2000 Miles Franklin Award. In 2011 Scott won a second Miles Franklin Award for That Deadman Dance. He has had poetry and short stories published in a number of anthologies and now lives in Fremantle with his wife and two children.
Awards
Winner, Miles Franklin Literary Award, 2011
Winner, Commonwealth Writers Prize, 2011
Shortlisted, Indie Book Award, 2011
Winner, Western Australian Premier’s Book Award, 2000
Winner, Miles Franklin Literary Award, 2000
Short listed, Queensland Premier’s Award, 2000
Long listed, Dublin Impac Literary Award, 2000
Short listed, Tasmania Pacific Literary Award, 2001
Winner, Kate Challis Award, 2001
Books available from Fremantle Press
- True Country 2009
- Kayang & Me 2005
- Dredgersaurus, The 2001
- Benang - From the Heart 1999
- Benang - From the Heart eBook 1999
Other Books by this Author
That Deadman Dance (Picador)
From the Catalogue
Outdoor Reading in Freo
The National Year of Reading is about turning Australia into a nation of readers. Fremantle City Library invites you the launch of the National Year of Reading 2012 at their Outdoor Reading Room.
Indulge your love of reading this Valentine’s Day with a morning tea and talks by Susanna Juliano author of Fremantle Italians and Andrew Relph, author of Not Drowning, Reading
When: 10am, 14 February 2012
Where: Outdoor Reading Room, Kings Square, Fremantle
RSVP by 7 Feb: 08 9432 9766 or frelib@fremantle.wa.gov.au
