Writer. Teacher. Critic. Author of Small Indiscretions, The Incredible Here and Now, No More Boats and Girls in Boys Cars.
Joined August 2012
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3 Feb 2022
Big night last night! It was such a joy to see so many real live people come out to celebrate our authors and the stories that explore who we are as a nation.
3 Feb 2022
The #VPLA2022 Prize for Writing for Young Adults goes to @FelicityCastagn ‘Girls in Boys’ Cars’ (@MacmillanAus). bit.ly/3rfEniU
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2 Feb 2023
Hell yes @eda__gunaydin! So well deserved for such a piercing, captivating collection.
2 Feb 2023
The Victorian Premier’s Literary Award for Non-Fiction goes to @eda__gunaydin for 'Root & Branch: Essays on inheritance' (@newsouthpub). #VPLA2023 bit.ly/40k1t7M
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13 Dec 2022
Congratulations @lilymandarin ! This was one of my favourites last year
13 Dec 2022
Congratulations to Leanne Hall who has won the #PMLitAwards for Young Adult Literature for her novel ‘The Gaps’ 🎉
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23 Oct 2022
It's got girls! It's got cars! It's got girls inside cars!
Felicity Castagna's (@FelicityCastagn) GIRLS IN BOYS' CARS is coming to the stage in 2023!! Tickets are already available from October 19th to November 3rd
bit.ly/3N0lVEw
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29 Sep 2022
Yes! What @rgibli says and so much more. Couldn't be more proud of @Azdastyari!
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6 Sep 2022
This is such a great thread on plotting novels, tension and pace something I still find really hard!
5 Sep 2022
Earlier this year, I took a job as a narrative designer at a video game company. Here are three things I learned while writing video games that made me a better novelist 🧵 (1/14)
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5 Sep 2022
So excited for @hajerhajer20 on this well deserved listing! @EmergingWriters
5 Sep 2022
The big news I was keeping to myself! Out of 700 applications I made the longlist of 20 writers! This is huge and I am so grateful and motivated to get this thing done!
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19 Aug 2022
Hell yes Rebecca Lim! I’m thrilled that Tiger Daughter has won the CBCA Older Readers Book of the Year. This was absolutely one of my favourite books last year. Brave. Complex. Beautiful writing. 🎉
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Felicity Castagna retweeted
19 Aug 2022
congrats @FelicityCastagn for winning Honour Book in @TheCBCA Awards for the epic roadtrip that is Girls in Boys Cars. read it now! or read it again! ofceilingwax.wordpress.com/2…
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18 Aug 2022
Woo hoo! Can't wait until this tomorrow!
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21 Jul 2022
I'll be running a book club on @pauldallarosa's brilliant work @ArtGalleryofNSW on Monday. Everyone welcome. Come if you've read it or you just want to hear about it or you just want to eat all the wine and cheese at the bar. tinyurl.com/2dsdbjtj
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27 Jun 2022
Vale Frank Moorhouse who once took me out for a martini and suggested that I write a book. What a loss to Oz lit. 'The world is either infinitely amusing or infinitely annoying.' -FM
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22 Jun 2022
Me again!
22 Jun 2022
"The best communities are the ones that recognise they are a small part of a really large ecosystem that they can never control."
Read @FelicityCastagn's new essay for Writing NSW here: bit.ly/3y0EZwA
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21 Jun 2022
'Be kind because kindness is not for pussies, it’s the hardest, most critical stance, it’s a social and political act. It’s fierce as fuck.' Thanks to @writingNSW for letting me use so many naughty words for their Writing and Community series.
20 Jun 2022
As part of our 30th anniversary celebrations, Writing NSW has commissioned a series of essays from writers close to the organisation on the theme of writing and community.
Read the seventh essay in our series from award-winning author @FelicityCastagn bit.ly/3y0EZwA
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14 Jun 2022
Smart, funny and unafraid to make a deeply critical argument. This why @birdpham should be on everyone's reading list.
14 Jun 2022
'To get to what Western Sydney means now, we need to begin in the past, like what happens when two Sheilas meet on stolen land.'
In collaboration with @Utp___, we're thrilled to launch a new series, Radical Acccessibility, with this essay by @birdpham.
sydneyreviewofbooks.com/essa…
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7 Jun 2022
Thanks to @MehreenFaruqi for her inspiring speech in support of staff and students @westernsydneyu today.#educationisafundamentalhumanright @Greens
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Felicity Castagna retweeted
29 May 2022
Today for our "All A Part" series, @FelicityCastagn shares her views in her article " Deep listening: Putting communities at the forefront of making meaningful art"
👉 ow.ly/ngml50Jk2HO @QAGOMA @Asialink_au
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Another fabulous session at @SydWritersFest listening to the brilliant @theherringlass in discussion with @FelicityCastagn about #DaisyandWoolf. Insights into creating art, race, class, mother guilt and who is allowed a voice. @HachetteAus
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