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Margaret Merrilees’ debut novel The First Week was published in 2013 after winning the Wakefield Press Unpublished Manuscript Award at Adelaide Writers’ Week. The book was shortlisted for the Barbara Jefferis Award and for a NSW Premier’s Literary Award.

In 2014, Wakefield Press published Fables Queer & Familiar (illustrated by Chia Moan). The Fables have also been broadcast as a weekly radio serial.

Mag’s short work has appeared in Meanjin, Island, Griffith Review and others. In March 2015, she represented Flinders University at a Melbourne symposium showcasing some of the best practice-led PhD projects from a decade of creative arts programs in Australia and New Zealand.

Past Events

Debut Mondays

November: Michele Lee, Margaret Merrilees, Diana Greentree and Kyle Kohinga

Kyle Kohinga, Diana Greentree, Margaret Merrilees, Michele Lee

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11 Nov

The Next Big Thing

May: Spotlight on South Australia

Patrick Allington, Margaret Merrilees, Katerina Bryant, Rebekah Clarkson

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11 May
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