Kate Mildenhall

@katemildenhall

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About

Kate Mildenhall is a writer and teacher. Her debut novel, Skylarking, was longlisted for Debut Fiction in The Indie Book Awards 2017 and the 2017 Voss Literary Award and her bestselling The Mother Fault was longlisted for the 2021 ABIA General Fiction Book of the Year and shortlisted for the 2020 Aurealis Awards. Kate teaches creative writing and co-hosts The First Time podcast – which features conversations with Australian writers – and is currently undertaking a PhD in creative practice at RMIT University. Kate lives in Hurstbridge on Wurundjeri lands, with her partner and two children. The Hummingbird Effect is her third novel.

Upcoming Events

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Books and Ideas at Montalto

Pip Williams at Montalto

Pip Williams, Kate Mildenhall

21 Jul

A House of One's Own: Creativity in Residence

Keshe Chow, André Dao, Kate Mildenhall, Francesca Rendle-Short

2 Aug

Past Events

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The Next Big Thing

2016 Emerging Writers' Festival edition

Kate Mildenhall, Michelle Wright, Susie Anderson, Rajith Savanadasa

20 Jun

Mic Drops

The Second Time

Yumna Kassab, Robert Lukins, Katherine Collette, Kate Mildenhall

12 Apr

Jane Harper: Exiles

Jane Harper, Kate Mildenhall

22 Sep

M/OTHER

Rachel Yoder: Nightbitch

Rachel Yoder, Kate Mildenhall

3 Mar

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