Very exciting news—we have jointly won the inagural Eric Rolls Prize for Nature Writing!

A quote from the Watermark Literary Society:  In announcing the winner of the inaugural  Eric Rolls Prize for Natural History Writing, Ian Templeman, chair of the judging panel, was enthusiastic in his praise for the high quality of the entries, the variety of approach and the affectionate understanding for the diversity of Australian landscapes; desert drifts, dark forests, sweeping high country and coastal lake systems, explored by the writers.

The winning entry, Larry comes to Bulurru, a joint entry from Stanley and Kaisa Breeden, is a wonderful story of a love affair with a landscape and the plants and animals that share the territory. The narrator intersperses his text with the voice of his partner and her response to the forest’s speaking. Together the authors tell of the … Read More »