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Wayne Ashton
Wayne Ashton was born to British and Pakistani parents in Karachi, leaving there at five, and then was brought up in many corners of the world, Chittagong, Paris, Kuala Lumpur, Ipoh, Lagos, London, Perth and Sydney. His work spans painting, ink drawings and fiction. This includes: the highly acclaimed novel Under a Tin-Grey Sari; twelve solo exhibitions; many group shows; and three radio dramas. His paintings are in private collections Australia-wide, London, Delhi, Athens, Niagara Falls N.Y., and Auckland, and his radio drama for the ABC includes The Aunt, The Tasman Angel from Hell and The Oils and Mirrors of Dorothy Hoffkoff. He is currently working on new novel, The Equator.
Awards
Short listed, Western Australian Premier’s Book Awards, 2003
Winner, The Artbeat Literary Radio Drama Award, 1990
Books available from Fremantle Press
- Equator: A Novel 2010
- Equator eBook 2010
- Under a Tin-Grey Sari 2010
- Under a Tin-Grey Sari eBook 2010
Website
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
