In conversation

Hedberg Writer-in-Residence: Eugen Bacon in conversation

Born in Tanzania and based in Melbourne, Eugen Bacon is the author of several novels and collections. She’s a British Fantasy Award winner, a Victorian Premier’s Literary Award finalist (for her most recent novel Serengotti), a Foreword Indies Award winner, twice a World Fantasy Award finalist, and a finalist in the Shirley Jackson, Philip K. Dick Award, and the Nommo Awards for speculative fiction by Africans. Her work has appeared in some of the world’s most esteemed fantasy, science fiction and African literary magazines. Eugen is the 2024 Hedberg Writer-in-Residence. Visit her at eugenbacon.com.

Adam Ouston is a writer of fiction and non-fiction, and the recipient of the 2014 Erica Bell Literary Award as well as the manuscript prize at the Tasmanian Premier’s Literary Awards in 2017. He holds a PhD and is a lecturer in English at UTAS; he has also worked as a copywriter, editor and bookseller (at Fullers, of course). His book Waypoints was longlisted for the 2023 Miles Franklin award.

Join Eugen and Adam in conversation at the Afterword Cafe.

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