The Sitter out now Night Blue 2021 Shaw Literary she/her
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Angela O’Keeffe retweeted
8 May 2024
Thank you @bysarahayoub for this lucid piece of writing.
Zionists' hysteria in response to our NSW Premier's awards shortlisting is islamophobia and anti-Palestinian racism masquerading as 'concern' for the integrity of the awards.
theguardian.com/commentisfre…
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3 May 2024
And honoured to be alongside these UQP writers
🎉Congratulations @omarsakrpoet, @angeokeeffe and Ellen van Neerven for their award shortlisting's for the 2024 NSW Premier Literary Awards.
head to the link to find out more:
uqp.com.au/blog/uqp-titles-s…
ALT three book covers 'The Sitter' by Angela O'Keeffe, 'Personal Score' by Ellen Van Neerven and 'Non-Essential Work' by Omar Sakr sit on a background of red and gold.
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3 May 2024
Honoured to be shortlisted alongside these writers
3 May 2024
Christina Stead Prize for Fiction 2024 #NSWPLA shortlist: Fiona McFarlane, @SuzieMillerWrtr, @angeokeeffe, Ronnie Scott, @gretchenshirm, Alexis Wright.
See judges’ comments: sl.nsw.gov.au/awards/christi…
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Angela O’Keeffe retweeted
22 Dec 2023
Bless, @angeokeeffe's The Sitter is a "best book of 2023" according to Geordie in @satpaper – "She inhabits (Marie-Hortense Fiquet) with necromantic verve..." thesaturdaypaper.com.au/cult…
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21 Oct 2023
Congratulations Audrey! So thrilled for you. (If anyone cares to vote for Audrey’s wonderful poem see below.)
19 Oct 2023
Thrilled to have a poem in the running, along with some brilliant company. Congrats to all the shortlisted poets! 🥂@TheGalleryPress @PittStPoetry
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11 Aug 2023
“There is a thrill to unhappiness that most people do not understand.”
If you’d like to read the first pages of The Sitter..✨🌸 link below
11 Aug 2023
Today in KYD: Read an extract from 'The Sitter' by @angeokeeffe (@UQPbooks) a highly original work narrated by Hortense Cezanne, the wife of the celebrated artist, as she witnesses an author in 2020 write a book about her life.
Read the extract here: buff.ly/3sbMv72
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31 Jul 2023
Thank you so much Martin. I’m wishing this book lovely adventures.
31 Jul 2023
Happy publication day to @angeokeeffe with her extraordinary second novel, #TheSitter, from @UQPbooks! This was one of the most exciting manuscripts to ever land on #TheBooksDesk…I was simply entranced, & can’t wait for you all to read it! uqp.com.au/books/the-sitter-…
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27 Jul 2023
Thanks so much Cass Moriarty. Brisbane people, I’d love to see you at the launch x
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20 Jul 2023
“To write what you don’t know, or towards what you want to know, or into what you can’t seem to figure out. “
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19 Jul 2023
Would love to see any Sydney people there… they have a great bar too !
19 Jul 2023
And announcing a Sydney launch for @angeokeeffe courtesy of @RoaringStories, with @WyndhamSusan doing the honours! #TheSitter
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19 Jul 2023
Thank you Martin. Just adding that I’ll be in conversation with the wonderful Mirandi Riwoe @m_riwoe (And had to share this beautiful invite just received from @UQPbooks ) For those in Brisbane would love to see you there!
18 Jul 2023
Time has flown with this book: the Brisbane launch of @angeokeeffe’s tremendous The Sitter (@UQPbooks) is on next week at Avid Reader! uqp.com.au/events/book-launc…
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21 Jun 2023
So lovely to see Martin with this book he championed into the world 🙏 (well his thumb anyway)
20 Jun 2023
In my hands, @angeokeeffe’s divine novel The Sitter, out in Aug from @UQPbooks!
And perhaps now’s a good time too to congratulate A on her Quentin Bryce award (“awarded to one book on UQP’s list each year that celebrates women’s lives /or gender equality”)
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1 May 2023
Thank you @UQPbooks Aviva Tuffield, Margot Lloyd @thebooksdesk and Cezanne
🤩 Cover reveal! 🤩 Out August: 'The Sitter' by @angeokeeffe, a highly original work narrated by Hortense Cezanne, the wife of the celebrated artist, as she witnesses an author in 2020 write a book about her life.
➡️ Learn more & pre-order: bit.ly/3Nni3iT
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10 Feb 2023
✨ Acquisition news! UQP is thrilled to announce that we have acquired @angeokeeffe's new novel, 'The Sitter' via @thebooksdesk
🎨 'The Sitter' is a startlingly accomplished and multilayered work. For the full announcement, visit the UQP website. ow.ly/1EFN50MORQ0
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6 Nov 2022
Many thanks to the judges, and thank you to @transitlounge2 for taking on what might be considered a risky manuscript from a debut author.
6 Nov 2022
Congratulations from all at Transit Lounge to Angela O'Keeffe on Night Blue being shortlisted for the 2022 Prime Minister's Literature Award. Winner announced on December 13 in Launceston.
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23 Oct 2022
#BerryWriters Art and Artist: Terms of engagement was fun. Thanks to @DeliaFalconer Fiona Kelly McGregor and chair @helenoneill and organisers especially @SkylarksRising
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Angela O’Keeffe retweeted
20 Sep 2022
ART AND ARTIST: TERMS OF ENGAGEMENT
Authors Angela O'Keeffe, Fiona Kelly McGregor and Delia Falconer will discuss how they engage with visual images – and art – in their work. Book your tickets: berrywritersfestival.com.au/…
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17 Sep 2022
“People under seventy and over seven are very unreliable if they are not cats.” Leonora Carrington, The Hearing Trumpet
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